As purveyors of prime Grade A web content, the SolidSmack crew has done some of the heavy-lifting to make sure you get your Mondays started on the right track.

Welcome to The Monday List.

Every Monday, we link you up with some of the most insightful, informative, and socially-relevant stories to keep tabbed, bookmarked, reading listed, pocketed, or what have you to get your week started on the right foot. Be sure to check in each week for a new crop of freshly sprouted words curated straight from the source of your favorite homegrown ‘Smack.

What We’re Reading This Week:

McDonald’s CEO Wants Big Macs to Keep Up With Big Tech

Steve Easterbrook is giving the Golden Arches a data makeover, but franchisees are balking at the cost.

McDonald’s CEO Wants Big Macs to Keep Up With Big Tech

There’s Finally a Way to Recycle the Plastic in Shampoo and Yogurt Packaging

P&G’s technology solves polypropylene’s smell problem.

There’s Finally a Way to Recycle the Plastic in Shampoo and Yogurt Packaging

How to Make the Most of Apple’s New Privacy Tools in iOS 13

We tested the new suite of privacy tools in Apple’s latest mobile software, from minimizing location sharing to silencing robocalls.

How to Make the Most of Apple’s New Privacy Tools in iOS 13

A Scrum Master’s Strategy for Focusing a Scattered Mind

If you’re feeling overwhelmed, this powerful exercise shows you where to spend your energy.

A Scrum Master’s Strategy for Focusing a Scattered Mind

The Case for Being a Multi-Hyphenate

Throughout history, and today, the most successful people are good at more than just one thing.

The Case for Being a Multi-Hyphenate

Why Strava Is Getting More Social Than Ever

The company is growing fast, adding roughly a million users a month, and it has lofty goals to expand far beyond its old identity as a platform for logging rides and runs. Can it succeed?

Why Strava Is Getting More Social Than Ever
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