Fri.Apr 11, 2025

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AI advances mean we need to double down on this one skill

Work Life

AI is an extraordinary tool that amplifies our cognitive capacity. It can analyze, summarize, and generate content faster than any human. However, AI is only ever as good as the questions we ask it. It will never replace our capacity for thinking, and can, in fact, reinforce bias because it is learning what we teach it. For this reason, the top skills of the future include thinking skills.

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Kaine & Banks Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Support Mental Health Care and Substance Use Disorder Recovery

Mad in America

“Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Jim Banks (R-IN), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the Providing Empathetic and Effective Recovery (PEER) Support Act , bipartisan legislation to support mental health care and substance use disorder recovery. Specifically, the bill would elevate peer support specialistsindividuals with lived experience with a mental health condition or substance use disorder who are certified to assist indiv

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Received an AI-generated résumé? Don’t reject it just yet

Work Life

When an AI-assisted rsum lands on a hiring manager’s desk, most people have the knee-jerk reaction to chuck it straight onto the reject pile. While more and more companies are using AI in their day-to-day operations, when it comes to rsums and cover letters, the use of artificial intelligence remains taboo. The importance of AI-savvy talent This instinctive aversion to AI is costing firms invaluable AI-savvy talent.

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Transbosphor Maritime Transport & Trade Offices – Istanbul

Office Snapshots

The office of Transbos Denizcilik has been designed with a seamless blend of modern and classic textures by Dededun Design, aimed at creating an ergonomic, functional, and aesthetically refined workspace. The balanced use of wood, metal, and glass materials establishes an open and airy atmosphere, while ergonomic office furniture enhances employee comfort and productivity.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook For Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Document-heavy workflows slow down productivity, bury institutional knowledge, and drain resources. But with the right AI implementation, these inefficiencies become opportunities for transformation. So how do you identify where to start and how to succeed? Learn how to develop a clear, practical roadmap for leveraging AI to streamline processes, automate knowledge work, and unlock real operational gains.

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Global Lighthouse voices: A talk with LCFC CEO and Lenovo VP Xiaohui Ding

McKensey

Xiaohui Ding underscores that digital transformation is not a one-time project but a continuous self-revolution, that starts at the top of the organization and is driven by a clear vision and measurable value.

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The Zeigarnik Effect: How Unfinished Tasks Drain Your Mental Energy

Attendance Bot

Ever find yourself mentally replaying a half-finished email, an unanswered Slack message, or a project left hanging? Thats the Zeigarnik Effect at workthe psychological phenomenon where unfinished tasks linger in your mind, creating mental clutter, stress, and fatigue. In todays fast-paced work environment, employees are constantly juggling competing priorities, shifting deadlines, and never-ending to-do lists.

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The fashion industry faces a world in flux

McKensey

Brands are grappling with rising unpredictability and slowing growth. What next?

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Safe and Convenient Visitor Management Experience

fm:systems

Learn how our visitor management technology creates a safe, secure, and efficient experience while elevating your facilitys brand.

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Navigating tariffs with a geopolitical nerve center

McKensey

A nerve center can help companies chart a course through expanding tariffs and trade controls by orchestrating nine rapid actions, from tariff operations to supplier diversification.

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Report: 69% of workers say their risk of burnout is moderate to high

Work Life

Many companies are acutely aware that a notable portion of their workers are struggling with burnout. The data makes that much clear: A Mercer report from last year found that 82% of workers said they were at risk of burnout. In another study conducted by the National Alliance on Mental Illness and Ipsos, over half of the workers surveyed said they had experienced burnout because of their job in 2023.

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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Top 11 AI Project Management Tools (+ Best Integrations) in 2025

Fellow

Project management in 2025 looks very different from even a few years ago, all thanks to the rise of AI. A new era of AI tools has made project management smarter, faster, and more connected. One of the best parts of this new wave of tools is that they not only help you manage projects and repetitive tasks, but also plug into the tools your team is already using.

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Graphwise Offices – Sofia

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Graphwises New Office in Sofia: A Dynamic and Vibrant Workspace Graphwises new office, designed by Avalant, showcases the brand’s identity through the use of vibrant colors and dynamic shapes, creating an engaging and energizing environment for its employees. Located on the 12th floor of Sofias Tech Park, the office spans approximately 1200 sq.m. and is designed to foster collaboration, creativity, and productivity.

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The Confess Project Gives Barbers Tools to Combat Suicide and Mental Health Struggles in the African American Community

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Opening up about your feelings, emotions and struggles can be hard. Its not easy to share mental health challenges as a man, especially for men of color. As an African American man myself, Ive faced mental health battles in silence because I didnt feel I had an outlet to share what I was going through. “In 2022, suicide was the third leading cause of death for Black or African Americans ages 10 to 24,” according to the U.S.

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How the Head Start layoffs could make childcare less affordable and safe for all families

Work Life

President Trumps repeated blows to Head Start over the last 10 weeks have been a source of growing consternation for childcare providers and advocates across the country. As a federal program that covers childcare for low-income families, Head Start enables many providers to serve communities that struggle to afford the steep cost of early childhood education.

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Akathisia After a Five-Year Taper: Chained to an Antidepressant Forever

Mad in America

I n my article, What I learned as a Moderator for an Antidepressant Taper Support Group, I described working alongside psychiatrists as a licensed clinical social worker in a psychiatric hospital for 18 years and never hearing one word about withdrawal. Then I tried to go off Cymbalta and all hell broke loose. I described doing an eight-month taper off 60 mg in 2019 and getting SLAMMED with delayed akathisia so severe that I had a plan to end my life if reinstatement of the drug didnt work.

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The often invisible difference between working and pretending to work

Work Life

How can you measure productivity you cant see? When we try to evaluate whether someone is killing it in their role simply by hearing them mansplain their digital transformation strategy or their AI-powered journey of innovation, its hard to disentangle facts from fiction, competence from confidence, and talent from, well, BS. The harder it is to decipher what someone is doing, the easier it is to fake it.