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Opinion: BlackRock CEO’s Comments About Inflation And Remote Work Show Poor Judgment

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A Stanford University study found that remote workers were 5% more productive than in-office workers in the summer of 2020. By the spring of 2022, remote workers became 9% more productive, since companies learned how to do remote work better and invested into more remote-friendly technology. . What about ancillary costs?

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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In a survey published in 2020’s “ Building the On-Demand Workforce ” report from the Harvard Business School and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), 60% of business leaders said they expected to increasingly “rent” “borrow” or “share” talent with other companies. In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports.

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Beware the workplace mouse trap

Workplace Insight

“These mice have a richer internal life than we probably give them credit for,” explained Kishore Kuchibhotla , senior study author and an assistant professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University. Mice are surprisingly using higher-order approaches to learn even simple tasks, which may seem maladaptive.

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Your one-stop guide for business resilience planning

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Building resilience should be at the top of your list to ensure that your company can navigate another national crisis akin to coronavirus — and this guide will help you learn how to do just that. While organizational resilience was always seen as necessary, the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 served as a crude wake-up call for most.

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How Designers Can Set The Stage For A Flexible Future

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Since March of 2020, SmithGroup has remained flexible and agile—cautious to avoid firm deadlines for returning to the office and empathetic to employees’ needs on various levels. Continuous listening and learning from staff feedback allows leadership to best understand how and where team members want to work and where friction points lie.

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What to Learn about Succession Plans From Queen Elizabeth and the British Royal Family

Success

While your business might not need a succession strategy as intricate as that for the House of Windsor, there are lessons to be learned from Queen Elizabeth and the British royal family on preparing for succession and establishing continuity in the absence of a longtime leader. Conduct a SWOT analysis. Determine your objective.

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