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Report sets out nine ways cities can reduce carbon emissions

Workplace Insight

New York City instituted a Clean Construction Executive Order mandating all capital project agencies to lower embodied carbon from municipal construction projects. These and other pioneer cities are featured in the report that was developed with Accenture following a City Sprint, hosted in collaboration with the City of Los Angeles.

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What Is ‘Bare Minimum Monday’ and Will It Work for You?

Success

You do release the pressure to be productive on Monday, and instead focus on planning the week, taking care of as many admin tasks as you can to set your mind free for the mid-week sprint.” There was a common theme bubbling up across the agency of, ‘I need time to do the actual work.’

Sprint 224
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You Can Avoid Multitasking When You Focus on These 3 Things

Productivityist

Austin is a writer and consultant who runs a branding and content agency called Balernum. For example, Balernum , my branding and content agency, makes, among other things, websites. Or, capitalize on ultradian rhythms by working in 90-minute sprints and taking short breaks. This is a guest post by Austin L. Forethought.