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APRIL 21, 2023

Similar to how LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the most widely used green building rating system in the world, aims to measure and improve a building’s environmental impact through design, the WELL Building Standard seeks to quantify a building’s human impact. How can we better incorporate these principles into our work?

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JULY 10, 2023

This article was originally written by Gensler’s Christian Lehmkuhl for Work Design Magazine. AI-controlled systems can adjust temperature, lighting, and ambient noise levels, creating a conducive atmosphere for each employee. Sit-stand desks and ergonomic chairs self-adjust to ideal settings.

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MARCH 3, 2023

This article was written by Jane Greenthal and was originally published on Work Design Magazine. Many companies send out mixed messages: we care, but not enough to reimburse for an ergonomic work desk or high-speed internet.

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This article was written by Kristen Larkin and Elma Milanovic of FitzGerald for Work Design Magazine. There are many other important components for achieving a healthy workplace such as integration of biophilic principles, physical activity, ergonomics, acoustics and adjacencies.

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AUGUST 3, 2023

“Telling people that we’re going to get something done can powerfully amplify the appeal of actually taking action because our brain’s reward system is so highly responsive to social standing,” explains Caroline Webb in a Harvard article. The benefits of coworker accountability are tremendous.

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JUNE 30, 2010

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap 2 Measures of effective productivity systems… Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on June 30, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. I few years ago, when asked for my best productivity tip, I posted, use the system that works for you. Thanks for visiting!

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This article was written by Melissa Fisher and Hana Kassem for Work Design Magazine. They consider the spatial layout, lighting, acoustics, and ergonomic aspects to create effective and inspiring workspaces. Drawing on single and multi-sited fieldwork techniques, they can answer such questions as what is the culture?

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MAY 5, 2022

This article was written by Jason Slocombe and was originally published on Work Design Magazine. Beyond desk positioning, ergonomic factors should also be considered alongside sensory differences. Motionspot’s Jason Slocombe explores how workplaces can be designed to better meet the needs of neurodivergent employees.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

One of the problems with e-mail is that not everything needs to be acted on right away, but if you don’t have a good reminder system in place, then you’re likely to let things slip through the cracks. In a nutshell, it turns *ANY* e-mail client into a reminder system. Stage Two Labs recently launched a new service called Nudgemail.

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MAY 10, 2010

Lotus Notes is the groupware of choice for my employer and GTD is my system of choice for keeping organized (however poorly implemented). This handbook automatically leaps ahead of other Notes/GTD options available as it takes you through setting up a GTD system using a basic Notes installation; no need for add-ons to make it work.

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MAY 28, 2010

If your phone system shows internal vs. external calls, alter your greeting appropriately. Related articles by Zemanta Ten Golden Rules For Call Centre Operators (customer-relations.suite101.com) Related articles by Zemanta Ten Golden Rules For Call Centre Operators (customer-relations.suite101.com) Harvey Trailer speaking.&#

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Set up a good filing system. Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Too many objects add to the clutter and eat up valuable work space. Use a daily planner. Hang on to only what you know you’ll need.

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MAY 20, 2010

Become a hero to staff members who know only the basic functions of your voice-mail system and other devices, by learning the shortcuts and most useful and underused features; then teaching them. For personal errands you can’t schedule on Saturday or Sunday, take a day off to take care of them all. Comments No comments yet.

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APRIL 24, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Blogging Here and There - Part 2 By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, April 24, 2008 Filed Under: A s you may have noticed, I havent been posting any articles for quite some time now. I will try to post articles when I get a chance, but it will be quite infrequent.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

For example, Dr. William Harvey made medical history by explaining how the circulatory system worked: He likened the heart to a pump and gave himself a new frame of reference—and from that he understood blood vessels as part of a unified pumping system. (2)

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APRIL 28, 2010

Just over the course of a single academic term, procrastinating college students had such evidence of compromised immune systems as more colds and flu, more gastrointestinal problems. Use the buddy system – Having someone who will remind me –and my wife has licence to be that someone– motivates me to meet my commitments. Health is one.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Creating a filing system can be tricky, as you need to know exactly how to file your files and what type of information you would need to be able to access quickly. One of my readers asks: I am trying to organize a file room based not on traditional alphabetical filing, but on a retrieval system. as you mentioned in your question.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

What ever you do, don’t let your kids catch you reading this article. Tighten up current household systems. Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Around here, kids will be heading back to school next week.

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DECEMBER 6, 2007

Heres an interesting article I found about how most employees would rather get stuck in traffic jams rather than relocate to a new home or job. Heres another article on working too much: Working to Live or Living to Work? Most people would rather commute for a longer period of time due to family reasons.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Being aware of your areas of weakness allows you to focus your systems and practices on strengthening the weaknesses. Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. In a perfect world, your answers would be all yesses.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, November 03, 2008 Filed Under: Networking , Organize , Productivity D o you find articles on this site intriguing? You can also use these services to organize yourself by adding "tags" or keywords to the articles that youve saved. Home About Me Advertise Organize With Social Bookmarking!

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JUNE 16, 2010

There are 5 key advantages to maintaining a to-do list: 1) A to-do list doesn’t forget Your brain is not the most efficient memory tool and will only trust systems that it knows works. Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader.

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JUNE 2, 2010

One other observation: the better you’re maintaining your system day-to-day, the smaller the impact of unexpected absences. Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. Here’s where you can pull things back on track.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Heres an article I recently found on office fridge etiquette. Heres an excerpt on the article: Do not eat or drink foods that do not belong to you. Are you in a constant battle to get your food into a pint-sized fridge because others leave their food there for days on end? Do not leave food in the refrigerator to rot and smell.

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OCTOBER 23, 2008

If youre looking for more ways to be productive, take a look at my large library of articles on productivity. So the next time your boss asks you to do something around 4:30 pm, let them know that you will try to get it done quickly, but it not be your best work, as this article states. will do you wonders as well. Whats next?

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NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Heres an article I found on a fellow Administrative Assistants website for some great uses. If you are looking to take sticky notes to a new level, you can read more information about it on this article. It even covers electronic sticky notes. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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OCTOBER 20, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Kallout To Research Information By The Professional Assistant on Monday, October 20, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Productivity , Research Y ou’re reading an article for some research that you are doing for our boss. You come across a piece of text that you are unfamiliar with.

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JULY 21, 2010

It is important to integrate your whole life into your time management system. Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. If you are ignoring one area then you are ignoring an important part of yourself.

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OCTOBER 27, 2008

There are over 200 articles of information so far and growing. I have been running this blog for just over a year now and it has grown quite a bit, as you can tell. People have been asking me questions from time to time and I try to respond as quickly as I can to all of them.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Once you’ve spent some time with this system, you can refine the way it works. Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. I’d like to post links to your articles from my blog but don’t see where to link them to!

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DECEMBER 3, 2007

If you use a filing system for your to-dos, create folders numbered from 1 - 31. You can read more about using Outlook for tasks in this article. Also, heres a great article about time management. Try to complete tasks that need your attention within 2 - 3 business days. I used to use this at one of my old jobs.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Heres an article I found on this issue, which shows quite a few peoples e-mails about some of these very problems. Do they end up talking loud on the phone while you are trying to do some work? Are you being bombarded with people walking up to your cubicle and dont have the decency to see that you are busy?

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JUNE 9, 2010

Once you’ve thrown away as much as possible, file everything else into an effective retrieval system or a hard-paper filing system.Sort your files into the following groups according to how often you need them: Action Files: store in a desk drawer, desk-top file box or anywhere else that’s easy to reach.

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JULY 7, 2010

Related articles by Zemanta 7 Top Tips for creating The Social Workplace (stopthinksocial.com) Simple Ways to Handle Workplace Distractions (personal-work-habits.suite101.com) Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader.

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JUNE 18, 2010

This can be compared to receiving flyers or junk mail via the snail mail system. Related articles by Zemanta 30 reviews of E-mailing (rateitall.com) Related Posts: Bits and Pieces November 9 Hacking Email: 99 Email Security and Productivity Tips links for 2006-07-25 Communication Did you enjoy this post?

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The following is an excerpt from the book The Milkshake Moment: Overcoming Stupid Systems, Pointless Policies and Muddled Management to Realize Real Growth by Steven S. Related articles by Zemanta Why does transparency matter? Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting!

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MARCH 10, 2008

In my weekly recap last Friday I pointed out a Lifehack.org article arguing that the current climate for hyper-productivity isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. By The Professional Assistant on Monday, March 10, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by James of Organize IT.

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