Whither the cookie booth? The Girl Scouts of the USA is partnering with Grubhub to help Americans get their fix during the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic will make the upcoming Girl Scout cookie season like no other. Read Full Story

Post-pandemic, Dorsey's fund will shift its focus to girls' health, education and research into universal basic income because they 'represent the best long-term solutions to the existential problems facing the world.'

By pushing the boundaries of how and where we can do business, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced entrepreneurs to look at digital media in a new light.

The Afghan Dreamers—who became famous when they were denied a visa to come to a robotics competition in the U.S. in 2017—are now hard at work helping their country prepare for COVID-19. Even though Herat, Afghanistan, is on lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, many of Nahid Rahimi’s days during the pandemic have started with a drive to a mechanic’s workshop. Nahid, 17, is on Afghanistan’s all-girls robotics team, named the Afghan Dreamers; her teammate Somaya Farqui’s father drives the girls, all between 14 and 17 years old, through the shuttered city to their technical adviser’s space, where they’re building ventilators from used car parts. Read Full Story

The conditions created by the pandemic will make it easier for local governments to adopt technological solutions. The COVID-19 pandemic will be “a lubricant for the smart city,” according to one urban planning expert. Read Full Story

Charts can mislead, misinform, and cause panic. Here’s how to become conversant in the language of data visualization—and better understand the COVID-19 pandemic. We are in the middle of an information overload about the novel coronavirus, with hourly case updates and endless streams of information. How do you find the signal in the noise? What information do you need to make decisions in the face of this pandemic? Read Full Story

Studies show that faced with stress, our ability to make balanced decisions is compromised. Here are six factors that help you eliminate anxiety and fear. The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting every part of our lives—health and well-being, finances and job security, family, and community—in every part of the world. When we are living in a period of deep uncertainty, without context or precedent, it can be easy to make bad decisions. In fact, studies show that faced with stress, our ability to make balanced decisions is compromised. Instead, we make decisions primarily based on positive rewards, while overlooking negative consequences. Given that we make decisions all the time, how can we ensure, even during this time of crisis, that the decisions we make are good ones? Read Full Story

A new Harris Poll performed exclusively for ‘Fast Company’ found that job losses are cutting some people’s ability to give—but even those without jobs are trying to contribute to hunger relief. A cruel irony of the COVID-19 pandemic is that at a time when more Americans may need to rely on nonprofits after layoffs or furloughs, those same financial struggles may affect charitable giving across the country. But many Americans who do have a habit of giving to charity are still making donations, and in some cases, they’re giving even more. Read Full Story

In times of crisis, uncertainty and complexity, we all seek reassurance from the businesses and institutions supporting us. And as the COVID-19 pandemic hit, one channel customers sought such reassurance from is the humble call centre.

COVID-19 is changing how we live—and what we want from the spaces we live in. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, our homes have been serving as makeshift workplaces, schools, gyms, and pubs. And many of us are spending more time in them than ever before. Read Full Story