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Keyboarding for the Home Schooler

Office Skills

Computer literacy has become a core element of K-12 education, with students now expected to master keyboarding skills before graduating high school and going on to college. Many of the […] The post Keyboarding for the Home Schooler appeared first on Office Skills Training.

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Women In The Workplace 2025: Research And Trends

Wellable

Explore top trends and challenges for women in the workplace in 2025, and discover ways to make progress toward true equity. The post Women In The Workplace 2025: Research And Trends appeared first on Wellable.

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What is rightsizing and how can it benefit your business?

BMT Office Administration

Operating in the ever-changing business landscape requires businesses to remain flexible and adaptive. One way to ensure that your business is appropriately aligned with your current business goals and market demands is rightsizing. This involves adjusting your company structure and allocating your workforce to support your current strategic plan and improve efficiency to support business growth.

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10 Reasons for SMBs to Consider a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP)

Spiceworks

Traditional defenses can't guarantee bullet-proof cybersecurity for SMBs. By turning to managed security services, small businesses can leverage sophisticated technology that packs data science and threat intelligence to fight growing threats. The post 10 Reasons for SMBs to Consider a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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Harnessing AI to reshape consumer experiences in healthcare

McKensey

AI-powered solutions can unlock insights from previously inaccessible data and enable consumer engagement and personalization at an unprecedented scale, in turn lifting healthcare business outcomes.

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Excessive Screen Time

Office Skills

How much screen time is excessive? A guide for jobseekers The vast majority of roles in the modern world of work call for the use of digital devices which could […] The post Excessive Screen Time appeared first on Office Skills Training.

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How I Developed a Critical Perspective on Psychiatry

Mad in America

Editor’s Note: This article is being simultaneously published on Mad in America and on our affiliate site, Mad in the UK. F ollowing my recent experience of antidepressant withdrawal and having worked in psychiatry for nearly 20 years as a registered mental health nurse, I now have a very critical view on what good mental health treatment and recovery should look like.

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How to Avoid a Tech Blackout on Black Friday

Spiceworks

New shopping "holidays," including Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, have added to the Black Friday craze. That's why ensuring your IT infrastructure is ready for the holiday onslaught is so important. Experts weigh in on how you can prevent a tech blackout and keep your holidays happy. The post How to Avoid a Tech Blackout on Black Friday appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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Global Insurance Report 2025: Finding profitable personal lines growth

McKensey

The personal property and casualty insurance industry grew in 2023, fueled by rate increases in developed markets. The opportunity now is to expand coverage to new markets and sectors.

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More people are applying for business school—but not for the reasons you think

Work Life

Business school applications are through the roof this semester, and while that usually only happens when there’s distress in the labor market, that may no longer be the case, thanks to changing applicant priorities and business realities. After two years of declines, business school programs saw a 12% spike in applications globally this school year, and an 8% increase in the United States, according to a recent study conducted by the Graduate Management Admissions Council, or GMAC.

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Dismantling the Psychiatric Monopoly: Why We Need an Alternative

Mad in America

T he text that follows is the English translation of a speech I gave at The Danish Psychiatry Top Summit in 2024. A video of the speech, with English subtitles, is available here. The Danish Psychiatry Top Summit (“Psykiatritopmødet”) is an annual event that is organized by a social-activist organization called The Social Network (“Det Sociale Netværk”).

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Beat the Clock: How to Be a Time-Management Pro

Success

Time can be a tricky thing. Some days fly by while others linger, seemingly with no end in sight. How often—and how well—we track our time can be vital in creating more space on our calendar to do the things we enjoy the most. To better understand how our minds perceive and relate to time, we spoke with writer, author and speaker Laura Vanderkam. As an expert on productivity, career development and time management, Vanderkam understands the challenges of attaining a work-life balance better than

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State of IT 2025: Insights on Budgets, Jobs, and AI

Spiceworks

For the past 13 years, Spiceworks has surveyed IT professionals to find out how they feel about IT budgets, emerging technology, and the job market for the year ahead. The 2025 State of IT report—powered by Aberdeen Strategy & Research—offers actionable insights for everyone in IT, whether you be a professional, a marketer, a recruiter, or an executive.

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Global Insurance Report 2025: Growth and relevance in life and beyond

McKensey

There are bright spots for growth in global life, retirement, and health insurance. But to combat stagnant demand, the industry needs to find new sources of growth beyond its core products.

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Greystar Offices – London

Office Snapshots

Greystar sought to establish a new European headquarters in London and with their lease about to expire, they wanted to take the opportunity to move into a new space that would be more representative of their brand, whilst helping to attract and retain top talent. Moving to The Gilbert meant that Greystar would have access to a multitude of characterful features and heritage architecture within the building, so a key part of their brief was a desire to keep as much as possible in the design.

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Therapy Can Harm Too

Mad in America

I n the critical psychiatry community, we tend to draw a stark line between drug treatment and psychotherapy, with the latter often being promoted as a safer and more holistic alternative, getting at the root cause of our distress rather than just covering up symptoms. Unfortunately, this comes with a tendency to forget that therapy too has strong roots in the biomedical model, and it‘s that framework in which practitioners are trained.

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Millions of Social Media Users Flock to Bluesky During Massive Departure From X

Success

Over the past several days, there’s been a significant shift in the popularity of a relatively small social media platform called Bluesky. Though this dramatic growth is likely consequential to the results of the U.S. presidential election, there’s reason to believe that Bluesky was already bulking up its user base way before that. For one, ever since Twitter turned into X after Elon Musk acquired the microblogging site in 2022, a growing number of people have been fleeing the platform to join a

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More states are adopting laws to protect children of family vloggers

Work Life

Ruby Franke was once one of the most popular YouTube family vloggers , posting videos featuring her husband and six children on her channel, 8 Passengers, that racked up more than 1 billion views. In some, she chronicled their family vacations and family activities, such as painting together. In others, she detailed how she banned her 16-year-old son from sleeping in his bedroom for seven months and threatened to behead a stuffed animal.

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Global Insurance Report 2025: Searching for profitable growth in commercial lines

McKensey

Profitable growth is increasingly hard to find. Commercial property and casualty insurers need to be deliberate about where and how they compete.

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How Hybrid Workplace Tech Shapes Employee Experience and Well-Being

fm:systems

Explore how hybrid workplace technology helps employees' mental & physical health using flexible scheduling apps, wellness platforms.

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The Emperor’s New Clothes? The Psychiatrist as Expert in a Post-Modern World

Mad in America

I propose in this essay to question the pre-eminence of psychiatric opinion, the accepted notion that psychiatric clinical experience is the benchmark of valid mental health symptoms, and suggest a pathway towards lasting and effective treatment. The first myth to tackle is that of psychiatry as just another medical specialty resting on the laurels of scientific and professional credibility.

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40 Action Quotes to Help You Take Initiative And Inspire Your Next Move

Success

While success looks different for everyone, there’s one constant on the path to achieving your dreams : action. You can have a comprehensive checklist or a detailed plan, but you won’t accomplish your goals if you don’t take action. Inspiring action quotes from others who have found success can give you powerful motivation to take the next step.

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Op-Ed: Why we need to shift from a scarcity mindset to abundance now, more than ever

Work Life

The morning after the election, I told myself to stay off my news feeds and social media accounts—it’d be the most “self-care” thing I could do. But it was exactly what I did not do. Part of me was searching to see if the result, and its implications for myself and my daughters as women of color, was all really true. Another part was looking for community, to validate that I was not alone in my despair, my deep shock that most of our country had chosen hate and chaos rather than humanity.

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What is biodiversity?

McKensey

Biodiversity is the multitude of diverse organisms across an ecosystem. It is essential for supporting the health and sustainability of all life on Earth.

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The Workshop at YCK – Singapore

Office Snapshots

The Workshop is dedicated to creating versatile co-working spaces that invite professionals into a dynamic environment that offers private workpods storage spaces, and flexible work desks. Their newest installment at Techpoint is a premium all-in-one space that promotes collaboration and connectivity. The central core is the commune, providing an ideal ambience for various working styles from open layout for socializing and dialogue to enclosed call pods for focused work.

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Indecisiveness: The One Trait Every Leader Should Eliminate

John Mattone

Indecisiveness is a weakness that can sneak up on the best and most respected leaders. Leadership coaching can help you make good decisions quickly. The key is to align your decisions with your inner values instinctively. So long as you know your values and understand them, you should find quick decision-making simple. Indecisiveness is a hallmark of poor leadership.

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9 Best Gifts To Help Automate Your Life

Success

Today’s world moves fast. To-do lists are long and free time is in short supply. But due in part to the rise of AI and smart technology, there’s probably a product that can help take things off your plate. This gift guide rounds up some of the best gifts designed to automate different aspects of your life in innovative ways. Because really, what’s the point of creating smart products if you still have to do all the annoying things yourself?

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There are no federal parental leave protections for entrepreneurs. Here’s how to manage

Work Life

When I was pregnant with my second kid, Chetan, I also ran a successful startup called FoodtoEat. I didn’t want to lose the momentum of success on FoodtoEat, especially after my first startup had failed to raise the funding it needed to survive, so I told myself I just had to keep going and keep up the hustle to make it to the next level. I had no plans to take an extended parental leave.

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How AI enables new possibilities in chemicals

McKensey

From molecule and materials discovery to new applications and customer acquisition, AI can create opportunities across a range of promising new use cases in chemicals.

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Altruist Offices – Dallas

Office Snapshots

Tangram Interiors, a leading provider of curated furniture and technology solutions, proudly announces the completion of a dynamic new office space for Altruist, a rapidly growing digital brokerage platform for Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs). Located in Dallas, this office is designed to be the primary hub for Altruist’s customer support operations, fostering a productive and engaging work environment.

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Business Coaching vs Executive Coaching: Is There a Difference?

John Mattone

Both executive coaching and business coaching aim to improve organizational performance. The former focuses on the individual, while the latter offers concrete solutions to problems. Executive coaching improves decisions by empowering the decision-maker, while business coaching improves organizational processes and strategies. Executive coaching focuses on the decision-maker.

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Do You Need a Dash Camera in Your Car?

Success

A disturbing video that recently went viral on TikTok has made many people wonder whether they should add a dash camera to their vehicle. In the video, a driver in Queens, New York, quickly pulled in front of another car and purposely reversed and crashed into the driver behind them in a potential attempt at insurance fraud. Thankfully, the driver who was reversed into had a vehicle that was equipped with a dashcam and was therefore able to pull up footage showing exactly what had happened.

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Ultimate guide to getting more sleep

Work Life

If you live to be 90 years old you’ll sleep for about 32 years of your life. “What that 32 years is telling us is that sleep, at some level, is important, and yet for most of us, we don’t give sleep a second thought,” says Russell Foster, a circadian neuroscientist, in his popular TED talk titled, “Why Do We Sleep?” Most of us know that we should get more sleep but before we learn how , it’s important to learn why.

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Author Talks: Why birds of a feather flock together

McKensey

A behavioral scientist reveals how our tribal instincts can be harnessed to boost performance, mend fractured relationships, and even spark widespread cultural shifts.

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Private Client Offices – Kolkata

Office Snapshots

The clients, creative directors of a celebrated graphic designing brand in this region, wanted a free-flowing, open, and interactive workspace maximizing every inch, with a library as a must-have feature. Pooja Bihani visualized the space to be very fluid and open. The boundaries defined by typical partitions and doors had to be shattered in the mind and the space itself to inspire the graphic designers as “countless possibilities.

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Hybrid working means people feel as if they are always at work

Workplace Insight

The increasing uptake of hybrid working could be encouraging workers to respond to work requests and communication as if they are ‘always on’, according to a Censuswide survey commissioned by Moneypenny of over 2,000 general UK consumers. The survey suggests that the majority (56 percent) are accepting work related communications out of hours. Of these workers, 13 percent said they’ve received work-related comms at any time of night or day.

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Boost Your Efficiency With These Must-Read Productivity Books

Success

In today’s fast-paced world marred by distractions and the rising cost of living, productivity is more essential than ever. According to BOSTONtec , office workers are usually productive for no more than 31% of their 8-hour workday, which translates to just two hours and 53 minutes. Social media is the main culprit behind this dismal statistic, affecting more than 47% of workers.