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10 Favors You Can Do for Yourself Every Day

Success

In my article on ideas for shaking up 2013, I mentioned the dependence we have on habit. The supplier doesn’t like the new product you designed. In 2013 a team member was devastated over a mistake she made in communicating with a business contact and “felt sick to her stomach.” But I did answer the pressing email!

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Insight confirms partnership with Material Matters for sustainable design event

Workplace Insight

Known as The Works Place , products and ideas will be presented in a range of working settings so that visitors can see how they might be applied in their own offices and other spaces. The space will be designed as a real setting to showcase products in a relatable way for visitors. More information can be found here.

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Why India Is a Rising Star Among Exporting Nations

The Small Business Blog

According to the 2013 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index (GMCI), a survey of 550 senior manufacturing executives from around the world, India currently ranks a surprising fourth in manufacturing competitiveness, behind only China, Germany and the U.S. are looking to import new products from abroad. workers earned $35.40.

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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

Workplace Insight

The findings make worrying reading for employers around the world, as engagement is so demonstrably linked to business critical outcomes such as employee retention, productivity and even profits. Therefore, empowering people to decide where and how through workplace design they will be most productive is one strategy organisations can employ.

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Inside the Edinburgh PA Network

Practically Perfect PA

Meeting other assistants who work near by, who share the same suppliers, hotels, restaurants etc. Sherien : Being awarded the PA Executive Magazine/Hays Award ‘1 st runner up for the PA Newcomer of the Year’ 2013 Award was an amazing achievement for me. It is brilliant!

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Social marketing 101: respond to your customers about social issues too

Service Untitled

At first Northface ignored the comments on their Facebook page, but as irrefutable evidence of Allied Feather and Down being one of their suppliers who support the foie gras industry, Northface needed to address the issue. It is interesting to note that by 2013 all animal testing for cosmetics will be banned across the European Union.