Susan Richardson

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The unforgiving responsibility of finding hope for a stranger, peace for oneself

Immigration is a hot topic — and often a hot potato — in our culture, linked to many other potent bugaboos like race, health care, ed ...

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A workspace that tracks the Millennial creative process

“[Millennials] are a generation of workers that have learned to work in different kinds of spaces through their education and life ...

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A workspace adapted to people, not the other way around

“The saying goes, as you get older, you get closer to heaven,” James Timberlake, co-founder and partner, along with Steve Kie ...

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Living is in the journey, not in the fastest route

“Avoid the danger of the single path.” That’s what grabbed my ear in a recent TED talk by scientist and engineer D ...

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Brigitte Daniel is a Philadelphia lawyer and executive vice president of Wilco Electronic Systems, which focuses on providing cable and internet to low-income communities. (Image courtesy of Brigitte Daniel)

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Net neutrality and equal access, a civil rights issue for Brigitte Daniel

I first met Brigitte Daniel while sitting in the Philly airport last summer, waiting for a flight, flipping through Marie Claire ...

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Democratic candidates for mayor meet at the first forum Thursday morning at the Philadelphia Business and Technology Center in Parkside. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

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How can the mayor of Philadelphia be ‘human at work’?

To the mayoral candidates: How will you strike a balance among work, home, community, and self in your life? Watching the shifting ...

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Finding the space to connect voice, body and spirit on a yoga mat

Yoga practitioner and educator Pam Paraison’s transformational professional journey is the very model of “paying it forward.& ...

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Learning, growing as essential to gratifying work

A big part of being human at work is bringing many of your normal needs into the workplace in a reasonable way. Even if we hone particula ...

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A daily reboot keeps this Philly teacher ‘there for today’ with his students

Teaching is a day-long journey that requires bucketfuls of energy. I talked recently to a Philadelphia public school teacher who relies o ...

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How teamwork helps you be more fully yourself

We all know how good it can feel to have a colleague we can connect with, someone we can relate to, both within the scope of the work and ...

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Reader question: How do I move on from an unsatisfying job

A reader is seeking advice for how to find the motivation to move on from a job he or she no longer finds satisfying. Sometimes the way f ...

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Casting yourself in a better role can mean breaking self-made limits

Do you feel like your particular job lets you feel like yourself? That question served as the courageous pivot into a whole new work ...

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