Author Archive

Edmund L. Andrews

Employee Policy

Virtual meetings stymie creative teamwork

A new study finds that in-person teams generate more ideas than remote teams working on the same problem. That's possibly because when people focus on the narrow field of vision of a screen, their thinking becomes narrower as well.

Oversight

Lights, camera, action in the 'Temple of Secrets'

Federal Reserve makes a dramatic move toward openness by inviting the media.

Oversight

Specter of government shutdown still looms

GOPers pledge to use debt ceiling vote as lever to force Democrats to agree to big cuts in spending.