Eryn Brown

Freelance writer and editor

Eryn Brown is a freelance writer and editor. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Nature, and other publications. She graduated from Harvard with degrees in history and literature, and was a writer at Fortune magazine in New York for seven years before moving to Los Angeles.

Wed, 06/20/2018 - 12:02
Will Small Businesses Recover From Covid?Their prospects for surviving the pandemic may seem dim, but there are some encouraging signs, experts say
Thu, 04/08/2021 - 12:03
This story was originally published by Knowable Magazine. Last spring, things looked grim for Dora Herrera. Revenues at her family’s 45-year-old restaurant business, Yuca’s, had plummeted within a few short weeks as Covid-19 kept customers away from…
Is It Time to Bring Data to Managing?There’s plenty of evidence on how to get the best out of workers, but businesses often ignore it
Thu, 08/30/2018 - 12:03
Alan Colquitt is a student of the ways people act in the workplace. In a corporate career that spanned more than 30 years, the industrial-organizational psychologist advised senior managers and human resources departments about how to manage talent—…
Do Patents Invent Innovation?They’re a common index of technological creativity, but research finds they can impede rather than encourage it
Wed, 06/20/2018 - 12:02
In ancient times, the story goes, cooks in the city of Sybaris were granted yearlong monopolies for the sale of unique dishes they created. Since then, generations of inventors have relied on patents to discourage copycats from stealing their best…