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Automated expense reporting: 4 not-so-obvious benefits

Insperity

After all, we live in an age where we automate just about everything – from paying bills and grocery shopping to tracking the food we eat using our smartphones. For decades, growing businesses have been introducing HR technology to help them run better, grow faster and make more money. Smart business is no different.

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Are these the top ten emerging technologies for 2024?

Workplace Insight

The World Economic Forum has published its annual Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report featuring technologies with the greatest potential to make a positive impact in the world in the next three to five years. Integrated sensing and communication devices also promise to reduce energy and silicon consumption.

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According to psychologists, technology is making it harder for us to focus at work

Work Life

When psychologist Gloria Mark first started studying focus in 2004, the average attention span on a computer screen was 2.5 Noisy coworkers, foul-smelling food, even the hum of an air conditioner could disturb a sustained workflow. But many psychologists point to technology as the greatest threat to focus.

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7 Examples of Good Customer Service to Build Customer Loyalty

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From feuds with other fast food chains to feigning incompetence on a computer, they hit the right note of humor without offence that keeps customers engaged. Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic expanded food delivery across the dining spectrum, from small delis to grocery store chains. Yes, they address customer issues.

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Ameyalli: Deepak Chopra’s Newest Wellness Vision

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It’s also home to the Ameyalli Wellbeing Center and Center of Excellence—the North American headquarters of the Chopra Foundation, where Chopra has advanced technological ideas he’s ready to implement. In the future—the very near future—you have something called ‘ambient computing.’ Why Ameyalli?

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A Q&A With Brian and Jamie Ratner, the Founders of CertifiKID

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Jamie: I was in charge of security management at a law firm, and I had a blog on the side related to food and fitness—just what my interests were. So we didn’t invest enough in the technology out of the gate. I have my computer with me, so we can take advantage of that time together to have discussions we need to have.

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How to know if AI will steal your job, according to an MIT professor

Work Life

The influential futurist Roy Amara noted that as a society we often overestimate how technology will change the world in the short run and undersell its effect in the long run. Instead, he was all but demanding his team use the technology because, in his estimate, the tool made them 30–­40% more productive.