When the numbers don't work, just approve it anyway
Colorado county leaders have discovered a novel approach to fiscal responsibility: acknowledge the deal is financially indefensible, then vote yes anyway.
Local officials discover arithmetic, approve deal anyway
A Colorado county has approved a $19 million tax break for a data center project that county officials themselves acknowledged makes no financial sense. This is not metaphorical. This is what they said, in official proceedings, before voting yes.
Management discovers mysterious efficiency gains precisely when labour gets expensive
Cargojet has cracked the code that eludes most airlines: how to spend dramatically more on labour while presenting it as a strategic masterstroke. The cargo operator's pilots have secured a 46 percent wage increase under a new five-year contract, and management has already begun the delicate work of
Turns Out Accessibility Laws Don't Care About Your Real Estate Portfolio
In February 2026, the EEOC and Office of Personnel Management issued a document that functionally told every employer in America the same thing: your return-to-office mandate is not a law of physics. It is a policy. And policies, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, must bend for people with d
We Invited an HR Director. She Has Opinions. So Do We.
Why does the annual performance review survive despite universal hatred? This week we go deep on the rituals of corporate evaluation, the psychology of feedback, and why 'exceeds expectations' somehow never results in a raise.
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