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The new IPCC climate report is hugely important — and here are 6 main takeaways

Ideas.Ted

since pre-industrial times and many changes such as sea-level rise and glacier melt are now virtually irreversible, according to the most sobering report yet by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report also found that escape from human-caused climate change is no longer possible. This is 0.29?

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Commercial real estate lending hits ten year low

Workplace Insight

New lending for commercial real estate fell 33 per cent last year to its lowest level since 2013, according to the latest bi-annual report from Bayes Business School, (formerly Cass). Other key findings from the report, which covers data up to December 2023, include: All lender groups were affected by the decline in lending appetite.

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Assistants as information managers

Practically Perfect PA

Back in 2013 HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland released the Management Assistant 2020 report , which detailed how the role of an Assistant will change by 2020. This is what the report says about Assistants as information managers. In 2013, many assistants still sat in silos in their office.

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How To Design Workplaces For Neurodivergent Employees

Allwork

2013 ), meaning that it can be a real challenge to find the right balance, and mismatches of reactivity and environment are common. This is one of the key reasons why access to views of nature have a calming and regenerative effect and are therefore incorporated into the design of most internal spaces.

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Why Traveling the World Is the Best Investment in Yourself

Success

In 2013, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology reported a study that found students who traveled abroad showed increases in positive personality traits, including openness to experience and emotional stability. Travel Association reported that relationships between couples who travel together last longer.

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The Stunning Growth of Small Business Globalization

Small Business Labs

Every so often a report comes across our desk that makes us go "wow!" " McKinsey's Digital Globalization: The new era of global flows is such a report. Key "wow" producing quote: the share of exports by large multinational corporations dropped from 84 percent in 1977 to 50 percent in 2013.

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How Immersive Art Has Transformed the Ways People Experience Creativity??????????

Success

The umbrellas marked a seminal moment in the history of art installations, costing an astounding and self-funded $26 million to accomplish and becoming an international sensation. Laura Kimpton, “Love” BottleRock Napa Valley. The Future of Immersive Art.

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