Spiceworks
MARCH 28, 2024
Anthropic’s Claude family of large language models (LLMs) have consistently featured among the best in the business, not that there is a significant competitive threat bar OpenAI’s GPT models and possibly Google’s Gemini, and Amazon now owns a minority stake in it with an investment of $4 billion. The post Amazon Injects an Additional $2.75B Vote of Confidence in Anthropic appeared first on Spiceworks.
Mad in America
MARCH 28, 2024
W hile going through a divorce in 2012, award-winning documentary filmmaker Katinka Blackford Newman from London was prescribed escitalopram (Cipralex or Lexapro, from Lundbeck). This is a depression pill, but Katinka was not depressed, only distressed, with sleepless nights, when she needed to leave the family home after a 12-year marriage. The pill nearly killed her and took her away from her kids, which Katinka has described in her book, “ The pill that steals lives.
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McKensey
MARCH 28, 2024
Translating fashion’s decarbonization commitments into action has proved difficult. A new McKinsey analysis outlines what the industry can do to reach its targets.
Office Skills
MARCH 28, 2024
Multitasking : How to Handle Multiple Tasks in an Administrative Role Taking on an administrative role is an exercise in various technical and soft skill sets. In essence, you keep […] The post Multitasking Mastery appeared first on Office Skills Training.
McKensey
MARCH 28, 2024
In this interview, Alinma Bank's chief digital officer discusses the importance of a digital factory to the bank’s overall transformation journey.
Spiceworks
MARCH 28, 2024
More discussions are happening today about women’s leadership and equality in the workplace. But what actual progress has been made in promoting gender equality in the workplace? And what do women and men perceive about gender-related issues in the workplace? Check out a few insights from HiBob’s recent study. The post The Glass Ceiling: Women Still Face an Uphill Battle in Their Progress and Leadership Development appeared first on Spiceworks.
McKensey
MARCH 28, 2024
With leaving still on nurses’ minds, organizations that address the varying needs and preferences of nurses of all tenures can help mitigate departures and create more rewarding experiences for all.
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Success
MARCH 28, 2024
Finding the right mentor can help you navigate challenging situations and gain perspective on your career. While learning how to find a mentor can be intimidating, it is a skill that can be essential to helping you get ahead at work and in life. Below, we look at what you need to consider when learning how to get a mentor and some tips for finding the best one for you.
Work Life
MARCH 28, 2024
Let’s face it, the corporate world is friendlier to early birds than to night owls. For night people, getting to that 8:30 a.m. meeting can be a horror. Especially if you have been up late working the night before, traveling between time zones, or just aren’t at your best before 10 a.m. It’s frustrating, isn’t it? You want to become an early riser. Yet no matter how hard you try, you can’t seem to stop hitting snooze.
Office Snapshots
MARCH 28, 2024
Volvo Cars, founded in 1927, is today one of the most well-known and respected automobile brands in the world, with sales of 661,713 cars in 100 countries in 2020 alone. Volvo Cars has been part of Zhejiang Geely Holding since 2010. By the end of 2020, it had approximately 40,000 full-time employees. Volvo’s product development, marketing, and administration offices are primarily located in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Work Life
MARCH 28, 2024
In 2023, legislators passed more than 500 anti-LGBTQ bills, on topics ranging from eliminating access to healthcare to banning books to prohibiting access to public facilities. At the time, this was a record-breaking level of anti-LGBTQ legislation. 2024 is set to break this record. Researchers estimate that approximately 475 anti-LGBTQ bills have already been introduced this year.
McKensey
MARCH 28, 2024
This episode of Deal Volume highlights insights from McKinsey’s most recent Global Private Markets Review, including the state of the industry in 2023 and trends likely to affect investors in 2024.
Work Life
MARCH 28, 2024
The story that moved me most in Season II of chef Pati Jinich’s docuseries La Frontera is a conversation she had with a teacher in the Mennonite community ; A conservative religious community primarily against the adoption of technology (they don’t use cell phones, TVs, or rubber tires). She listened as the town’s school teacher and preacher Julius Friesen emotionally revealed that being a teacher wasn’t his choice.
Office Snapshots
MARCH 28, 2024
OKAMURA has a long-standing collaboration with SHIMADZU, providing furniture supply, space planning, customer made furniture and overall solutions. The aim is to promote the SHIMADZU brand and ensure cohesive design across various locations like Shanghai and Guangzhou. The design embodies the company’s mission of contributing to society through scientific technology and its corporate philosophy of realizing desires for human and environmental health, which can be personally experienced thr
Work Life
MARCH 28, 2024
Though I bemoan the relentless onward march of time (despite celebrating my fourth annual 29th birthday), I don’t bemoan the idea of a fresh start: a time to reflect on the previous 12 months, take personal inventory and plan for the year ahead. It’s something we do so little of in our day-to-day lives—I mean, who takes the time for personal development during a busy work week in July?
Ruby
MARCH 28, 2024
We know our businesses need to be productive—but what is “productivity” anyhow? Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics , it’s “a measure of economic performance that compares the amount of goods and services produced (output) with the amount of inputs used to produce those goods and services.” Inputs can be any resources your business uses to produce goods or services, including your time—which is why people say “time is money.
Work Life
MARCH 28, 2024
Sometimes, you’re your own worst enemy. The tricky part is that you often don’t recognize it. Self-sabotage can get in the way of your goals and best intentions, and it frequently stems from attachment style, says Judy Ho, Ph.D., clinical and forensic neuropsychologist and author of The New Rules of Attachment: How to Heal Your Relationships, Reparent Your Inner Child, and Secure Your Life Vision.
McKensey
MARCH 28, 2024
Reimagining the traditional linear flow of supply chains to support circularity could be a growing source of value for companies, consumers, and the planet.
I/O at Work
MARCH 28, 2024
New research finds that mentoring can have unintended consequences. Can organizations implement mentoring programs without compromising employee retention?
Workplace Insight
MARCH 28, 2024
A parliamentary committee of MPs has called for a ‘long-overdue’ boost to statutory sick pay (SSP), emphasising the need to strike a delicate balance between workers’ wellbeing and employers’ financial constraints. The Work and Pensions Committee has recommended aligning the SSP rate with the flat rate of Statutory Maternity Pay, a move that they say could significantly improve the financial safety net for workers.
Success
MARCH 28, 2024
For people who have been judicially impacted—e.g., anyone who’s been arrested, convicted but not incarcerated, charged but not convicted, or incarcerated—starting a business presents challenges. Even if found innocent, an arrest can affect a customer’s decision to patronize a business. Felon entrepreneurs face additional challenges, including not being able to rent a commercial space for their business and not being able to get start-up financing.
Go Burrows
MARCH 28, 2024
The following guide was put together by my friends at Tyler Griffen and aims to provide business owners, entrepreneurs, assistants, and HR professionals with a detailed roadmap to hiring an executive assistant. This resource is intended to equip you with the knowledge and tools to streamline the hiring process, ensuring a successful addition to your team.
fm:systems
MARCH 28, 2024
During this fourth installment of our panel discussion, our experts will answer your questions about the State of the Workplace.
Fellow
MARCH 28, 2024
As companies worldwide embrace remote work, it’s crucial for leaders to establish transparent guidelines for communication, decision-making, and collaboration within their teams. Crafting a remote work policy offers an efficient means to achieve this objective. What is a remote work policy? A remote work policy is a document that describes specific guidelines that employees should follow when working from locations other than the office.
Success
MARCH 28, 2024
For people who have been judicially impacted—e.g., anyone who’s been arrested, convicted but not incarcerated, charged but not convicted, or incarcerated—starting a business presents challenges. Even if found innocent, an arrest can affect a customer’s decision to patronize a business. Felon entrepreneurs face additional challenges, including not being able to rent a commercial space for their business and not being able to get start-up financing.
Fellow
MARCH 28, 2024
As organizations have shifted to remote and hybrid work, optimizing resource allocation and streamlining workflows has never been more critical. For operations leaders tasked with improving operations and resource management, capacity planning is crucial. Below, learn all about capacity planning, the step-by-step process, and proven techniques and tools senior operations leaders can leverage.
Success
MARCH 28, 2024
Finding the right mentor can help you navigate challenging situations and gain perspective on your career. While learning how to find a mentor can be intimidating, it is a skill that can be essential to helping you get ahead at work and in life. Below, we look at what you need to consider when learning how to get a mentor and some tips for finding the best one for you.
Success
MARCH 28, 2024
Beyond the trades and more elaborate than internships, apprentices are gaining real work experience. The term “apprentice” might conjure up images of blacksmiths training young teens in the “olden days,” or maybe former President Donald Trump on the 2004 premiere of the show by the same name. But for some industries, much beyond the trades we all think of as using apprentices, these programs are a path to meaningful and lucrative careers.
Success
MARCH 28, 2024
Beyond the trades and more elaborate than internships, apprentices are gaining real work experience. The term “apprentice” might conjure up images of blacksmiths training young teens in the “olden days,” or maybe former President Donald Trump on the 2004 premiere of the show by the same name. But for some industries, much beyond the trades we all think of as using apprentices, these programs are a path to meaningful and lucrative careers.
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