Smith Brain Trust

What can Usain Bolt teach you about making a career transition? The eight-time Olympic gold medalist and world champion sprinter from Jamaica is making one now, on trial with an Australian A-League soccer team. Here are seven things you can learn from him.

Stoked by social media, our all-too-common fear of missing out, or FOMO, is often cited as a reason why we live beyond our means, take on debt and generally feel unsatisfied at home and in our careers. Now, meet JOMO, or joy of missing out.

You don’t want to start a new job only to find out the benefits package is a disaster. But when is the right time to ask about flex time and vacation days?

“If we don’t get Amazon’s HQ2 in this area, people are going to wonder, ‘What happens next?’ I want to create a program that answers that question. And the answer is: We all get back to work and we build great companies,” he says. “We help build tech product companies.”

After the stock market dip and the protests on social media, the core sentiment behind Nike’s controversial new ad campaign will remain standing, a Maryland Smith professor says, likely taller than before.

Joining a nonprofit board can sharpen your leadership skills and supercharge your career. But before you take a seat around the table, ask these nine questions first.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST – In a kind of Robinhood effect, JPMorgan Chase recently launched a new digital investing service with deeply discounted trading fees and free access to the bank’s stock research.

Years after ecommerce startups began disrupting the brick-and-mortar mattress retail segment, the tables are finally turning.

General Motors has banned its employees from using cellphones while walking around its facilities – even office buildings.

Back-to-school shoppers want discounts. Manufacturers want high profit margins. The tension feeds a paradox of sorts at retail outlets where buyers and sellers meet: Stores increasingly emphasize pricey, innovative and fun products in a bargain-shopping season.