Insperity
MARCH 30, 2023
Whenever there is economic uncertainty or public, mass lay-offs, it’s understandable why many employees may be worried about their job security. After all, one of the primary tactics that employers may deploy to help weather a recession is to cut company expenses, which often involves downsizing the business and a round (or several) of lay-offs and furloughs.
All Work
MARCH 27, 2023
Designers are using AI to reveal what the future of the built environment could look like. The living building — a structure that symbioses with nature — will play an important role. Ancient materials and methods are the key when it comes to making living buildings a reality. Although the concept might seem new, biophilia — the human race’s innate desire to connect with the natural world — has been inspiring the design of manufactured environments for thousands of years.
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Spiceworks
MARCH 27, 2023
Aberdeen Strategy & Research narrowed down three key steps to ensure companies drive operational efficiency and improve their competitive positioning by using AI in CX. The post Three Building Blocks of AI-Driven Success in CX appeared first on Spiceworks.
Success
MARCH 29, 2023
Did you know your mindset and emotions are the gateway to your success? They hold the keys to unlock the innovation, ingenuity and potential you have within you, allowing you to overhaul and improve your business. How you think impacts everything, so it’s important to learn how to sharpen your mind. From competitive positioning to impeccable leadership, mindset is the greatest dictator.
Tanveer Naseer
MARCH 29, 2023
Workplace performance is directly related to the health of your employees. People who feel hale, hearty, and happy are more likely to properly focus on the task at hand and give it adequate energy to accomplish it. Being around coworkers who apply the same amount of vigor encourages the productivity.
All Work
MARCH 30, 2023
If utilized correctly, the metaverse can offer companies a wealth of opportunities to boost productivity and increase employee communication. Ideally, the metaverse office should feel stylistically similar to the real-life office, with similar décor, lighting, branding and amenities. Unlike designing for a real-world office, designing for the metaverse workspace also requires designing rules for interaction within that space, and essentially building a culture from the ground up.
Spiceworks
MARCH 27, 2023
What does ChatGPT have in store for active directory (AD) security? The post ChatGPT: A Blessing or a Curse for AD Security? appeared first on Spiceworks.
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The Receptionist
MARCH 27, 2023
First impressions are crucial in so many aspects of life. It’s why we get concerned when we think we have lettuce in our teeth. For many businesses, the check-in experience is the first point of contact with their visitors, and the results can often be underwhelming at best and frustrating at worst. Traditional paper-based visitor sign-in processes can be time-consuming, error-prone, and cumbersome for both visitors and staff.
Workplace Insight
MARCH 30, 2023
The announcement by Apple that it wanted its employees to work in an office for three days a week sparked the usual, tedious pile-on about how many days people should spend in a physical workplace each week. This included the columnist at Grazia who joins the tens of millions of people around the world who not only know where Apple is going wrong, but also how to run every other organisation in the world and what’s best for everybody who works for them.
Spiceworks
MARCH 29, 2023
Learn how content marketers can leverage AI for content creation. The post 4 Ways AI Is Changing Content Creation and Marketing as We Know It appeared first on Spiceworks.
Success
MARCH 30, 2023
Hey, brain researchers—yeah, you with the lab coats and electrodes. Where are all the studies on how walks benefit relationships? On why taking a stroll together is as great for romance, family ties and friendship as it is for muscles and Reebok sales? My web sleuthing has turned up no such studies. Well, no biggie. Over the years, I’ve developed plenty of my own theories on what makes walking the best thing for human bonding since the smile : 1.
Go Burrows
MARCH 26, 2023
Mariah Grace Kerby is an experienced assistant who has been in the space for 10 years. She currently supports the Senior Assistant to the Executive Director of Platform Engineering at Ramsey Solutions. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Mariah talks about seeing the assistant role as a viable career, discovering and using your gifts to support your executive, and nurturing a community of growth for an assistant team.
Workplace Insight
MARCH 26, 2023
The office has passed through five ages. The ‘coffee houses’ of the 17th century, yielded to the ‘clerical factories’ of the 19th as machines revolutionised work. After the Second World War, the ‘corporate offices’ of global corporations and William Whyte’s Organization Man dominated the scene. Following the launch of IBM’s PC in the early-1980s, we saw the rise of ‘digital offices’ in the 1990s, complete with internet, email and social media.
Spiceworks
MARCH 28, 2023
Experts opined that the leaker could be a disgruntled former Twitter employee. The post Twitter Asks Court to Subpoena GitHub Over Source Code Leak appeared first on Spiceworks.
Success
MARCH 26, 2023
Being an entrepreneur is rough. Things never go as planned and often take 10 times longer than intended. There are plenty of highs and lows. Many times, it feels as though it would be easier to just give up and throw in the towel rather than stay motivated. These 10 driven entrepreneurs and members of The Oracles share the No. 1 tip they use to stay motivated, persevere and achieve smashing success in the face of challenges. 1.
Productivityist
MARCH 29, 2023
In this vault episode, I chat with Gretchen Rubin , a renowned author of multiple bestsellers including The Four Tendencies , Better Than Before , and The Happiness Project. Her books have been widely read and translated into over thirty languages, selling almost three million copies worldwide. Gretchen co-hosts the award-winning podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin alongside her sister Elizabeth Craft, where they discuss happiness and good habits.
Workplace Insight
MARCH 28, 2023
The 2023 business rates revaluation will come into effect on the 1st of April 2023, the first of its kind for six years and according to business rates experts at Colliers could have a material impact on the provision of affordable workspace in the capital, historically located in the “fringe” locations. Colliers claims that this is because rents and hence rateable values in fringe locations such as Hackney, Southwark and Hammersmith & Fulham have increased at a greater pace than in historic
Spiceworks
MARCH 31, 2023
The security space is equally fascinating as it is daunting today. Here’s what to expect going forward. The post The Duality That Is Our Reality: RSA Predictions 2023 appeared first on Spiceworks.
Success
MARCH 29, 2023
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong,” wrote Mahatma Gandhi. Probably because forgiving is hard work , especially when some deeds don’t seem worthy of forgiveness. But the difficult work to forgive and forget is worth it: Research has found that forgiveness, among other benefits, can improve psychosocial and psychological well-being and decrease paranoia resulting from negative interpersonal experiences.
Tanveer Naseer
MARCH 29, 2023
Hybrid work environments are becoming more and more popular. As businesses look to the future of work, some of them need a more integrated option that’s a hybrid of regular on-site workers and fully remote staff. Depending on the business and your role within it, a hybrid work solution could.
Workplace Insight
MARCH 30, 2023
In 1989, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, performed a TV sketch called Information. You can watch it below. It featured Stephen Fry sitting at a desk with a placard displaying the word “INFORMATION” He asks, “Can I help you?” to which Hugh Laurie replies, “Oh, I would like some information, please” Though, in the discussion, Hugh Laurie expects to get information without asking any questions, Stephen Fry explains that he has lots of information, such as “the
Spiceworks
MARCH 28, 2023
Enterprise risk management transforms the way enterprises manage risks. The post Top 5 Enterprise Risk Management Trends 2023 appeared first on Spiceworks.
Success
MARCH 28, 2023
The Missouri River rolled by on our right, shining bright as it reflected the noonday sun. To our left, leafy green trees obscured a golden-yellow cliff face that climbed high into the sky. Below us lay a crushed limestone bike path called the Katy Trail, a gray snake that slithers east to west across Missouri. Small rocks crunched and cracked beneath our tires.
Tanveer Naseer
MARCH 27, 2023
Businesses are often focused on the bottom line, which is important, but in the process can forget about the things that help them get the most out of their employees without abusing them or taking advantage of them. If that’s you, here’s an important bit of information, employees who are.
Workplace Insight
MARCH 28, 2023
New data and economic modelling from AXA UK and Centre for Business and Economic Research (Cebr) claims that people are struggling with burnout and work-related stress, with an estimated £28bn lost last year due to poor mental health at work. The majority of this cost is due to loss of working days because of stress, burnout and general poor mental health, with businesses losing 23.3m working days as a result of these issues.
Spiceworks
MARCH 31, 2023
The science of data backup and recovery has never been more important. The post Backup to Move Forward: A “Gentle Reminder” for World Backup Day appeared first on Spiceworks.
Success
MARCH 30, 2023
Technology makes it possible to work and run a business from anywhere—and millions of U.S. workers have packed up their cubicles and headed home to do just that. Although they bade a not-so-fond farewell to challenges such as commuting, meetings and rigid hours, the solo situation isn’t 100% rosy: It’s easy to fall into time-wasting traps that deplete energy and sabotage productivity.
Sonic Boom Wellness
MARCH 28, 2023
What are work determinants of wellbeing? Workplace wellbeing and employee experience are the hottest topics around the watercooler. Sonic Boom’s wellness model has always appreciated the relationship between work, culture, community, and our health. However, COVID-19 catapulted the conversation around those factors to a whole new level. Many are working remotely and desiring more from potential (or current) employers.
Great Place to Work
MARCH 31, 2023
Psychological safety is often misunderstood and undervalued in the workplace. When leaders cultivate a psychologically safe workplace, employees are more engaged and far more likely to bring forward game-changing ideas. I once was in charge of running the social media channels for the company I worked for. When I shared a post to the company’s Instagram channel, one of my colleagues would often make a sarcastic remark or roll their eyes.
Spiceworks
MARCH 28, 2023
Is your data backup strategy ready to tackle attackers? The post Your Data Backup Strategy (or Lack Thereof) Can Attract Attackers appeared first on Spiceworks.
Success
MARCH 29, 2023
When Gaby Natale looks back and connects the dots of her own life story, she sees a thread uniting her experiences. “As a journalist, as an immigrant, as an author, as a speaker, the commonality is a story of breaking barriers,” she says. The Argentina-born author, entrepreneur and popular SuperLatina TV show host and executive producer calls this breaking of barriers part of the “pioneer spirit.
Quantum Workplace
MARCH 29, 2023
Employee listening is more than a one-off engagement survey. The pace of change in today’s organizations requires a more continuous approach to understand and act on what happens in between employee engagement surveys. Now, more than ever, organizations need to develop a solid employee listening strategy so they’re moving the needle on employee success.
Ask a Manager
MARCH 28, 2023
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. I’m off today, so here’s an older post from the archives. This was originally published in 2017. A reader writes: So I bit a coworker yesterday. Obviously, I’m mortified. I work in an incredibly dysfunctional office. The tone is set by our office manager. He’s in his fifties, has always worked in an office setting, and is difficult.
Spiceworks
MARCH 28, 2023
Tokenization hides and secures a dataset by replacing sensitive elements with random, non-sensitive ones. The post What is Tokenization? Definition, Working, and Applications appeared first on Spiceworks.
Success
MARCH 27, 2023
The future, quite literally, is now, and the March/April issue of SUCCESS magazine is devoted to laying out all the reasons you should be optimistic about it. Here are 10 ideas to create your future that you can put to use immediately: 1. Find your niche to create your future. Feel free to poll your customers on what they really like about buying from or working with you.
Workplace Insight
MARCH 31, 2023
The new digital edition of Works is now available to view online for free. Print copies are on their way to subscribers. In this issue, we visit new offices in London, Thessaloniki and elsewhere across Europe, talk to designers from Switzerland, Sweden and the UK, report back on three separate shows in Stockholm and London (x2) and round up the best new products from all of them and then at the end of the day, sit down from a drink and a chat with a few industry pioneers from the Sustainable Des
Work With Impact
MARCH 30, 2023
A recent CIPD survey (1) reported an increase in employers supporting and already providing a day one right to request hybrid working arrangements. More than a third (37%) had seen an increase in requests for FW in the previous six months.
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