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Celebrating National Wellness Month In August

Wellable

National Wellness Month takes place in August. Explore ways to celebrate it in the workplace and set the foundation for a year-round culture of health. The post Celebrating National Wellness Month In August appeared first on Wellable.

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How You Can Be a Better Friend to a SysAdmin During a Crisis

Spiceworks

Sysadmins regularly go through significant stress. Learn why it's important to appreciate your sysadmin during IT crises and how to support them. The post How You Can Be a Better Friend to a SysAdmin During a Crisis appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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McKinsey technology trends outlook 2024

McKensey

Which technology trends matter most for companies in 2024? New analysis by the McKinsey Technology Council highlights the adoption, development, and industry effects of advanced technologies.

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Part 3: Neuro-Authenticity, Neuro-Identities, and the Neuro-Industry  

Mad in America

Mad in America and Mad in the UK are jointly publishing this four-part series on neurodiversity. This third part of this series on Neurodiversity consists of an essay by a therapist who has asked to remain anonymous for fear of the consequences for their job. The Mad in the UK editors of this series write that in the UK, there is the “likelihood of a backlash against any clinician who questions common ideas and assumptions in the field of neurodiversity.

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7 Red Flag Phrases that Indicate a Toxic Workplace Culture

Success

Todd Cherches , co-founder, CEO and executive coach at BigBlueGumball , adjunct professor of leadership at NYU, lecturer on leadership at Columbia University and author of the book VisuaLeadership: Leveraging the Power of Visual Thinking in Leadership and in Life , wasn’t always the boss. In fact, early in his career, he found himself in numerous toxic work culture scenarios as he navigated life at a major Hollywood TV network—so many that he kept track of them in an “abuse log” to maintain his

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How do you encourage people to spend more time in the office? Find out in our special report

Workplace Insight

In a world in which people have more choice about how and where to work, how can organisations meet their diverse and ever-changing needs? And how can they attract them to the office without issuing controversial mandates? Some of the UK’s most high-profile workplace, design, property and facilities management experts met recently at the London showroom of MillerKnoll to discuss one of the most vexed questions of recent years.

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X Is Quietly Training Grok With Your Posts, Here’s How You Can Opt Out

Spiceworks

Social media platform X has turned on a setting that allows it to train Grok on user posts and interactions with the chatbot. Learn how you can opt out of this feature. The post X Is Quietly Training Grok With Your Posts, Here’s How You Can Opt Out appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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Why agents are the next frontier of generative AI

McKensey

By moving from information to action—think virtual coworkers able to complete complex workflows—the technology promises a new wave of productivity and innovation.

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Dismissing the “Human Experience”: College Students Feel Unseen by the Medical Model of Mental Health

Mad in America

C ollege has always been a time of major transition in young people’s lives —a unique opportunity to develop one’s individual identity while exploring interests, beliefs, and relationships. Inevitably, some have always struggled to adjust to their new independence. However, while the challenges of starting life away from home are nothing new, college student distress has risen rapidly over the years, and with this, a widespread cultural shift has occurred in how we think about such distress.

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Are Social Wellness Clubs Reshaping Health?

Success

Imagine a serene yet social place where you can partake in integrative medicine sessions, accelerate healing in an oxygen chamber and stimulate collagen growth while lying in a light bed. If you’re feeling more active, you might take movement or yoga classes, delve into spiritual arts and dine on organic superfoods. This isn’t a gym, a spa or even a retreat.

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How AI will transform the way we design and manage the places we work

Workplace Insight

The integration of Artificial Intelligence into the workplace is not just a technological shift; it’s a fundamental reimagining of how we work, interact, and manage our professional environments. As AI capabilities rapidly evolve, they promise to transform every aspect of workplace design and management, from physical layouts to organizational structures and employee experiences.

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How Organizations Can Prepare to Meet the Challenges of Tomorrow

I/O at Work

Harvard Business Review explains how organizations can stay prepared for upcoming challenges by learning lessons from the healthcare and space industries.

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Worldwide Outage Hits Microsoft 365 and Azure Services

Spiceworks

Microsoft has reported investigating the outage of multiple applications and services, including 365 and Azure. Learn more about the incident and its implications for Microsoft customers. The post Worldwide Outage Hits Microsoft 365 and Azure Services appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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The Iberian green industrial opportunity: Electrification and renewables

McKensey

Cooperation from all stakeholders can drive Iberian decarbonization through electrification and renewables deployment. Here we discuss the ambition, challenges, and potential unlocks for Spain.

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The Connection Cure: An Interview with Julia Hotz

Mad in America

J ulia Hotz is a solutions-focused journalist based in New York City. She is the author of the forthcoming book, The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging. Her stories have appeared in The New York Times , Wired , Scientific American , The Boston Globe , Time , and more. After studying Sociology at the University of Cambridge, she joined the Solutions Journalism Network, where she helps other journalists rigorously report on what’s working

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Digital Device Overload: How to Prevent Screen Fatigue 

Success

Though eyestrain is nothing new, the condition spiked during the pandemic as employees pivoted to working on screens from their homes and using Zoom nonstop to participate in meetings. Now the pandemic is over, yet remote work isn’t going anywhere. Enter the age of screen fatigue. Pamela Rutledge, Ph.D., MBA, and director of the Media Psychology Research Center , professor emerita of media psychology at Fielding Graduate University and a researcher and consultant focusing on how media influences

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Mediocre offices won’t encourage people to spend more time in them

Workplace Insight

Dry, uninspiring offices and long, costly commutes are principal causes for a lack of office-based working, according to a new poll. The survey, commissioned by design and fit-out firm Peldon Rose claims that 1 in 3 (34 percent) office-based workers in London have a ‘nightmare journey’ into work each day, which ultimately deters almost half (46 percent) from travelling into the office.

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Essential Self-Care Ideas for Women in Work: Daily Tips and Pampering Gifts

Wellness 360

Self-care isn’t selfish; it’s essential. A recent study found that 46% of women are more likely to experience burnout than men due to a work-life imbalance. How can working women effectively integrate self-care practices into their busy schedules? This is a crucial question, as many women juggle work deadlines, household chores, and personal commitments.

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Out with the Old: German Navy Phases Out Floppy Disks in F123 Frigates

Spiceworks

Explore how the German Navy's upgrade from 8-inch floppy disks in F123 frigates reveals a tech transformation. The post Out with the Old: German Navy Phases Out Floppy Disks in F123 Frigates appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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Offshore wind: Strategies for uncertain times

McKensey

The offshore wind industry is facing macroeconomic pressures that are halting growth and profitability. Developers can embrace four key actions to help navigate this changing environment.

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Why Increased Psychological Freedom Should be the Main Goal of Psychotherapy

Mad in America

I t’s fashionable to denounce Freudian psychology as far-fetched and out-of-date, but no discussion of psychological freedom would be persuasive without it. Freud famously wrote “where id was, there ego shall be” as the desired objective of psychoanalysis. As Bruno Bettelheim, in his whistle-blowing book, Freud and Man’s Soul revealed, the latinized terms id and ego promulgated by his misguided translators, lose the human flavor that Freud intended with the original German terms Das Ich and Das

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The Habits and Nighttime Routines of 5 Successful People

Success

As a leader, you understand the importance of creating good habits; your habits can either help or hurt your success in life. Habits form good, regular routines that put you on track to accomplish your significant life and business goals. Highly successful leaders create healthy habits throughout the day, but what creates success are the habits they’ve developed in their nighttime routines.

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Four day work week campaigners launch new project in wake of successful pilot

Workplace Insight

Campaigners advocating for a four day work week are gearing up for a fresh pilot project aimed at promoting flexible working practices. The initiative is set to launch in November, with participating companies currently being invited to sign up. The findings from this project will be presented to the government in the summer of 2025. The push for a four-day working week, notably with no reduction in pay, has gained significant traction in recent years, particularly following the Covid-19 pandemi

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Millennial and Gen Z workers communicate differently. Here’s how

Work Life

The modern workforce includes baby boomers, generation X, millennials, and Gen Zers. And it can often feel as if each group is speaking a different language. While workplaces used to rely on formal office jargon, today, casual chat is just as common. Being able to communicate with a wide range of generations effectively is a vital part of fostering a long successful career.

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Amazon Prime Day 2024 Is Here: Cybercriminals Are Ready, Are You?

Spiceworks

The Amazon Prime Day shopping festival is about to begin. This is when cybercriminals are highly active and can easily steal your personal details and money. Check out some scams to be aware of during the shopping festival and how to protect yourself. The post Amazon Prime Day 2024 Is Here: Cybercriminals Are Ready, Are You? appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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In the long run: What leaders can learn from an Olympic gold medalist

McKensey

Alistair Brownlee, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, shares his strategies for staying resilient amid pushback, removing barriers to creating habits, and leading with conviction.

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The Patient-Enemy: How Derrida Helps Explain Psychiatry’s Cruelty and Care

Mad in America

I n 1957, John Chapman published an article to the American Journal of Medicine titled “Peregrinating Problem Patients—Munchausen’s Syndrome” The article describes his hospital’s frustration in dealing with a patient who he calls a “professional hospital bum” The patient readmitted numerous times to the same hospital, suffering from an idiopathic bleeding disorder; however, upon further inspection, the hospital came to believe that his bleeding disorder was pa

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Peter Shankman, the original creator of “Help a Reporter Out” is on a mission to restore truth in media

Success

If you sit next to Peter Shankman on a plane, you might as well take your headphones off for the remainder of the trip. That’s how long he plans to talk to you, until he knows everything about you. The former journalist, who identifies as neurodiverse with both autism and ADHD, has built his career on making connections. “It built me one hell of a Rolodex,” he says.

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Accelerating the rise of the adaptable office

Workplace Insight

The introduction of the Flexible Working Act is another sign that the concept of the ‘workplace’ has undergone a significant transformation. These shifts in work patterns, office usage and approach are all having dramatic knock-on impacts when it comes to the future of the physical infrastructure of the nation’s office environments, and the investor communities behind them.

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‘We are somewhat invisible’: Why home care work is so hard—and so critical

Work Life

It might come as little surprise that working in retail or fast food ranks as one of the most common jobs in the U.S. But there’s another industry that also employs nearly 3.7 million workers across the country: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS), home health and personal care aides dominate across the U.S., particularly in states with aging populations or those that attract retirees, like California.

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Google Rolls Out Free Dark Web Monitoring Tool for All Users

Spiceworks

To better protect the user’s online presence, the dark web report feature will no longer require Google One access and will be available to all Google account users for free. Find out more about the decision and its applications. The post Google Rolls Out Free Dark Web Monitoring Tool for All Users appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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Making more medicines that matter

McKensey

Productivity in biopharmaceutical R&D has slumped for a decade or more. We propose a recipe for sustainable, value-creating innovation, even in the face of strengthening industry headwinds.

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Ghosts in the Machine: The Fantasies of Psychopharmacology | David Healy

Mad in America

From David Healy/RxISK : “This lecture. outlines a radical new view about what antidepressants do and don’t do. It covers issues that need input from everyone on how best to move forward with these treatments. The slides and text can be found on RxISK.org in a post called Fantasies of Psychopharmacology. This talk was first given at a Medicating Normal meeting for mental health staff in Lexington, Kentucky, organized by Geoff Wilson, and a few days later in May at the invitation of D

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This Family Is Inspiring Others With Their Beach Art

Success

A recent Instagram post of Peter Rabbit by the account Beach4Art received over 2.3 million views. When you first look at the picture it looks like a painting, but when you zoom in, you realize that it’s composed of seashells, rocks and other organic beach materials similar to an optical illusion. The creators of the beach artwork, leva Slare and her husband Dzintars, along with their two teenage children, have been designing impressive beach art for the past four years on the North Devon, UK b