What Is a Tech Company?
In a world where every startup touts its credentials as a tech company, this story seeks to identify the characteristics that mark out the real ones.
What Really Brought Down the Boeing 737 Max?
A thoroughly researched and gripping story that explores the Boeing 737 Max crashes in minute detail and in so doing outlines some alarming practices in the aviation industry.
Ship of horrors: life and death on the lawless high seas
An investigation into shocking practices and a murky legal environment in some parts of the commercial shipping world.
WeWTF, Part Deux
A no-holds barred look at the business model, culture and leadership of WeWork, which recently had to delay its IPO due to a plummeting valuation. For those with access, it’s also well worth reading the Wall St Journal article it references.
White gold: the unstoppable rise of alternative milks
The business story behind the trend for non-dairy milks.
A Behavioral Economist Tries to Fix Email
A behavioural economist analysed the inefficiency of email. The problem is perhaps best exemplified by the fact that it takes on average 25 minutes to return to a task at work once disturbed, yet in a survey respondents suggested 35% of their recent emails never needed to be seen at all.
Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech
A look at some challenging times at the technology behemoth.
The Launch
A look behind the scenes at the science and business planning involved in the 20 year quest to make the perfect apple.
How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer
A software engineer looks in (great) detail at the well-document Boeing 737 Max issues from a software, design, and hardware perspective. He looks at the “market and technical forces” that could have lead to a less safe environment.