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Peace and quiet at work? Here are ten of the best and most far out solutions

Workplace Insight

The Cubicle The post war business environment and the advent of mechanised office work in the 1950s and 60s proved to be the perfect breeding ground for open plan offices to flourish. At the heart of this new building was a main street with cafes, quiet spaces, private rooms, informal meeting areas and libraries.

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Kallout To Research Information

Professional Assistant Blog

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. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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Dealing Effectively With Information Overload At Work

Productivity Bits

A s knowledge workers, we have to deal with a lot of information as part of our job. We’re processing hundreds, if not thousands, of information every day. Process overflowing information within very limited amount of time – that’s Information Overload delight. Andy Kessler in “Eat People&#.

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Think Like a Child: What We Lose with Age (and How to Get It Back)

Success

They’re not just cubicle legend. A system that explores goes out and looks to find all kinds of information that might be relevant, but you don’t know yet if it’s going to be relevant. I could have stuck to the safe, well-charted course, but I never would’ve been content doing so.”.

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How to Launch (and Maintain) a Successful E-Commerce Business

Success

Table of contents Why E-Commerce? If you fail to get this right, as I did with my online men’s store, then your customers won’t care about your offerings, and you’ll have to go back to your old cubicle job. Maybe you’re a hardcore gamer and saw a way to sell digital content while supporting charity, like the team at Humble Bundle.

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Need to Change Excel Details from Vertical to Horizontal or Vice.

Professional Assistant Blog

Here are the 4 easy steps to do this: Highlight the information you want to change from vertical to horizontal or vice versa, depending on which way you need to change the information. Give it a try yourself and see how quick it can be to manipulate information from vertical to horizontal and vice versa. Click Transpose!

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How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers

Professional Assistant Blog

Do you want to walk over to their cubicle while their talking loudly on the phone and give them a piece of your mind? One of my readers asks: Ive been reading your blog for the past few months and really appreciate all the information and tips you provide! This happens to the best of us all of the time.

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