We are three times more likely to share bad news than good, according to HR expert, John Sullivan.

FORBES: Make Your Company Top-of-Mind and Your Employees Proud

Listener John Sullivan(ph) of Chestertown, New York, also used three words to describe Wade's reporting: Detail plus context plus emotion, he writes, the way news should be done.

NPR: Letters: Stories From Moore, Okla.

These arrangements are increasingly valuable in retaining a restless work force that is accustomed to fast-paced change and innovation, says John Sullivan, a management professor at San Francisco State University.

WSJ: Co-Workers Get a Chance to Change Places