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The Future of Crypto Trading Is Hybrid: CeFi and DeFi Unite
Hybrid trading ecosystems allow users to access traditional and crypto-native assets seamlessly, with deeper liquidity and fewer risks. Unsplash+ Despite its rocky start, the crypto industry has firmly transitioned...
The Next Big Transformation Strategy: Rediscovering Your Existing Assets
The people, data and processes organizations already have are often the most powerful tools for transformation. Unsplash+ In today’s era of digital disruption and relentless pressure for reinvention, new,...
One Fine Show: “Yoko Ono, Music of the Mind” at MCA Chicago
This exhibition makes the case that the artist’s influence would have been unavoidable regardless of fame or circumstance. Photo: Robert Chase Heishman Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights...
Why California’s Future as a Creative Capital Depends on Commercial Production
As competing states expand incentives, California’s lack of support for commercial advertising is weakening its creative infrastructure. Unsplash+ California’s creative economy is at a crossroads. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent...
Lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald Steps Down as Founder Decries Brand’s ‘Loss of Cool’
Lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald will depart the company in 2026. Photo by Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/Getty Images for lululemon Lululemon is searching for a new leader as it navigates an...
The New Luxury: Why Story, Experience and Authenticity Matter More Than Exclusivity
The New York-based designer shares how music, art and authenticity shape her eponymous brand. Courtesy Nili Lotan This Q&A is part of Observer’s Expert Insights series, where industry leaders,...
The Grown Man’s Guide to Holiday Party Style
Holiday parties are where bad outfits go to be photographed forever and re-circulated by people you barely know. You are walking into a mix of overhead office LEDs, someone’s...
How Uman Channeled a Turbulent Year Into Calm Abstraction
The artist spoke candidly about navigating commercial success while resisting institutional expectations until the timing felt right. Photo by Katharina Poblotzki. Image courtesy of Nicola Vassell and Hauser &...
Elia Arce’s ‘No Time to Mourn (An Excerpt)’ Is a Monument to Grief
In No Time to Mourn (An Excerpt), the audience is invited to set intentions into red carnations that are later placed at the feet of a figure in blue....
Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In Finds Women Are Leaning Out in the Workplace
Sandberg argues that standardized processes are essential to closing the widening ambition gap. John Lamparski/Getty Images Twelve years after Sheryl Sandberg’s best-seller Lean In sparked a workplace movement urging...
