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From the Archives: The Impossible Task of Creating a Truly Complete Dictionary

Success

In that time, he created the world’s most extensive comparison of root words to date, making considerable use of the work of Samuel Johnson, who wrote the first English dictionary. Both publishers, along with managing editors and other staffers, underwent extensive training for the task.

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Three quarters of firms have now mandated some form of ‘return to office’

Workplace Insight

Employers indicate notably higher levels of confidence around talent attraction activities carried out in the office when compared to remote, particularly for recruitment (89 percent versus 73 percent) and training new staff (84 percent versus 70 percent).

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The Return To Office Trade-Off

Allwork

Beyond the one-to-one comparison to the financial cost of commuting, food brings people together. It forms camaraderie in the office. In that vein, the spaces we’re designing are flexible—the lunch area can also be used for training or townhall space or for monthly potluck birthday lunches.

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Workplace Roles: Knowing When to Manage vs. When to Lead

Success

In comparison to leadership, management involves accomplishing the broad goals set by leaders. When you need to train new team members. When you are first forming a company and bringing the first team members on board. Management means overseeing subordinates as opposed to followers. When important tasks need to be delegated.

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Could Neurodivergent Job Seekers Fill The Gaps Left By The Great Resignation?

Allwork

This is significant because, by comparison, only 1 in 30 adults over the age of 40 identify as neurodivergent. Mentorship might need to be offered, in addition to all-staff training on neurodiversity. We all possess neurodivergent traits in one form or another and every one of us is different in terms of how we prefer to work.

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Will Consultants be Replaced by AI?

Small Business Labs

Again from the article: the processing power of four smart consultants with excel spreadsheets is miniscule in comparison to a single smart computer using AI running for an hour, based on continuous, non-stop machine learning. Training AI systems isn't easy. This sounds obvious, and it is. Which gets to the key point.

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Three quarters of people who left their pre-covid employer now want to go back

Workplace Insight

82 percent of those surveyed admitted to staying in some form of contact with a previous manager – with almost a third stating that this was for the primary purpose of keeping the door open for future job opportunities (29 percent). It appears that workers are realising that the grass may not have been greener after all. “Not

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