Office Skills
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
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.
Spiceworks
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
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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Work Life
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Welcome to Pressing Questions , Fast Company ’s work-life advice column. Every week, deputy editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer the biggest and most pressing workplace questions. Q: How do I get people to respond to my emails? A: This is the equally annoying cousin to being ghosted at work. And while it’s frustrating to be the one who takes the time to write an email that is ignored, when you consider the sheer volume of emails we receive every day, it’s under
Success
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
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
Work Life
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
As time speeds us through the early part of the 21st century, it’s easy to think of ourselves as advanced. In 2024, we’ve advanced enough to send 60 tourists to space, and yet a quieter, more insidious—and much less evolved—issue remains earthbound: mansplaining. Despite some progress in gender equality, the phenomenon of men explaining things to women in a patronizing manner—often without realizing the expertise they dismiss—still permeates workplaces across the globe.
Office Snapshots
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Meyer designed Risk Management Association’s (RMA) corporate headquarters to optimize collaboration and flexibility, creating a carefully curated destination workspace for the firm’s employees, clients, and board members returning to the office post-pandemic. Inspired by innovation centers in the Philadelphia region, RMA’s approximately 6,000 sq. ft. headquarters embraces the principles of the transformed workplace, featuring an open-café design concept, technology-forward collaborative meeting
McKensey
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Most great CEOs rely on a set of guiding mindsets. This checklist helps them turn mindsets into practices that can steer their companies to great heights.
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McKensey
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
A significant share of India’s people and assets remain uninsured, presenting both challenges and opportunities for the country’s insurance industry.
Work Life
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
With many industries hit by layoffs , 2024 saw a challenging job market, with some professionals experiencing longer than usual job searches and increased competition for positions. To navigate this market, job seekers are turning to AI tools to increase their chances of standing out and, potentially, shorten the length of their unemployment. AI tools offer the allure of enhancing a job seeker’s professional brand, but is it wise to rely on them?
WELCOA
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Kindness— a word many have long associated with “softness” or “weakness.” As research on kindness continues to emerge, views around this topic in the workplace are evolving. Kindness is defined as being compassionate, considerate, and caring for others without the expectation of receiving something in return. According to the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, kindness in the workplace can lead to improved mental health and overall well-being by reducing stress, anxiety, and burnout.
Success
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
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.
McKensey
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
A successful digital future depends on responsible use of AI. The EU AI Act marks a significant step in regulating AI systems and could serve as a blueprint for other jurisdictions.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on Mad in the UK. It was written by Peter Brown, a Hearing Voices group facilitator in Belfast for 20 years. I have a friend who once said – having met him in a mental health unit – that everyone there had “schizophrenia” but he didn’t. He was the first person I talked to in the unit, we’d both used drugs, and he went to the same school as my cousins.
Office Snapshots
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Designing Bielke&Yang’s office space was centered around meeting their specific needs, particularly in terms of the required rooms and spaces. As designers with strong preferences and ideas about color and identity, it was crucial to reflect their character and self-determined direction in the design. The project was marked by a close and productive collaboration.
AdminDroid
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
As your organization grows, manually adding new users can become tedious and error-prone. Microsoft 365 user templates simplify this process by allowing you to preconfigure common settings and details. This way, you can quickly onboard groups of users with similar requirements, saving time and reducing mistakes. In this blog, we’ll guide you through creating templates for adding users in Microsoft 365, helping you streamline your workflow and boost efficiency.  What are Us
Office Snapshots
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Tarz Distributors, a premier distributor of high-end perfume and beauty products in India, entrusted us with creating a workspace that mirrors the elegance of its global offices. As part of the Chalhoub Group from the Middle East, Tarz’s international locations, particularly in Dubai, embody a clean, minimalist approach. Inspired by these, our team at Studio AsA diligently studied their Dubai office as a benchmark to craft a design that perfectly aligns with Tarz’s ethos of delivering luxu
Workplace Insight
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
The new digital issue of Works magazine is available for you here. In this issue: we report from Orgatec with mixed feelings; we have four project stories from Toronto, Salford and London; interviews with Karim Rashid and Oskar Zieta; consider how the 21st Century Office has its roots in 20th Century Holland; ask where all the furniture icons went; profile Future Designs; and all the regular commentary, company news and features you need.
Productivityist
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
In this latest episode of our monthly series, PM Talks, Patrick Rhone and I dive into the complexities of life and work. This series offers deep discussions that explore meaningful topics from our perspectives. This month, we’re tackling uncertainty —how it shows up in our lives, how we handle it, and how to find certainty in areas where we can have control.
fm:systems
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Discover FM System’s approach to preserving facility management know-how as CSO Brian Haines outlines 5 critical steps in FMJ.
McKensey
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Ascendum partnered with McKinsey and Salesforce to give service agents the capabilities and technology to work smarter and faster in addressing customer needs.
Work Life
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
On the rare occasion I’m asked to provide the business case for inclusion, I encourage leaders to consider the risks of not doing inclusion. There are over eight billion people on the planet and we all need different things at different times. And in 2024, consumers and employees are demanding a more personalized experience. If your organization doesn’t respect them or provide for their needs, they take their money and talents elsewhere, respectively.
Success
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Bitcoin reached a new record high Monday, soaring over 10% to $87,300, with a peak of $87,445.07, according to Coin Metrics. The flagship cryptocurrency is showing unstoppable momentum in the digital asset market. According to Kalshi data shared on Tuesday, 60% of users are betting that the bitcoin rise might reach $100,000 before January. Other cryptocurrencies, including dogecoin, ethereum and solana, are also experiencing significant spikes.
Work Life
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Donald Trump has tasked Elon Musk with setting up a panel to streamline the U.S. government. Although the president-elect has said little about how this group would operate, Musk has previously set an ambitious goal of cutting $2 trillion of spending. Here is how this new panel, which will be headed up by Musk, the world’s richest person, and former Republican Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy , might work.
Work Life
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
“I can fix the economy.” “No, it’s my turn.” “No, you had the last turn.” “No, I didn’t.” “Yes, you did.” “No, I didn’t.” Economic debate during the recent election cycle was a little like two second-graders arguing about whose gets to go first. Both Republicans and Democrats understood that people are frustrated. They wanted a chance to fix it. But neither of them offered a real solution.
Work Life
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage to take over the world’s largest and most powerful military. The news was met with bewilderment and worry among many in Washington as Trump passed on a number of established national security heavy-hitters and chose an Army National Guard officer well known in conser
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