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How to Deal with Non-Negotiable Unrealistic Expectations

Eat Your Career

In the professional world, navigating unrealistic expectations is a common challenge. Often, we encounter demands for immediate results or exceptional quality that doesn’t match the available resources. While it’s our duty to clarify and push back on such expectations, we may face situations where that impossibly high bar is simply non-negotiable.

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A Day in the Life of AI Consultant Juliette Powell

Success

Juliette Powell once was introduced at a keynote speech as “the female Elon Musk.” The term stuck, and the next person to introduce her used the same one—because they’d asked ChatGPT to help them write the intro, and the term became “fact” as humans fed the machine that is generative AI. And it isn’t far off— Powell is leading the charge on how to design and use AI now and in the future, exploring the shoulds, shouldn’ts and possibilities of the next generation of tech.

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Could AI Generate A 3-Day Workweek?

Allwork

While being nervous about the future of AI is reasonable, workers would get much more mileage out of accepting AI’s place in the workforce and taking steps to familiarize themselves with the technology. Unfortunately, accepting a three-day workweek would almost certainly be accompanied by widespread job loss. Rather than fighting against the inevitable, workers need to familiarize themselves with AI and the tools they have access to in order to better prepare for a more AI-reliant future.

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Focus should shift to reducing energy demand, WEF report suggests

Workplace Insight

A set of business actions aimed at reducing the intensity of energy demand could unlock annual savings of at least $2 trillion for the global economy if measures are taken by the end of this decade. This would boost growth, save companies cash and deliver competitive advantage while also reducing emissions. These are the findings of the World Economic Forum’s Transforming Energy Demand initiative – and a new report – launched in collaboration with PwC and supported by over 120 global CEOs who ar

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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U.S. Office Vacancies Surge To Nearly 20%

Allwork

Office vacancies in the U.S. are the highest they’ve been in decades, and it’s raising important questions related to the future of the workforce. According to a report published by The Wall Street Journal , as of the fourth quarter of 2023, a record 19.6% of office space in major U.S. cities remained unleased — surpassing previous highs from the 1980s and 1990s.

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Deloitte Launches In-House AI “PairD” In Europe And Middle East

Allwork

Deloitte’s deployment of its generative artificial intelligence chatbot, “PairD,” to 75,000 employees across Europe and the Middle East is a notable AI use-case in the landscape of professional work environments. The ongoing rollout of the chatbot, as reported by the Financial Times , is not just about increasing productivity, but also about reshaping how tasks are approached in the corporate world.

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Tips For Assistants – Reflection & Review (Liz Style)

My EA Career

We’re welcoming a new year and farewelling the old. If you’re like me, you’re experiencing this in real life as well as via your social media feed. It can feel overwhelming. In all honesty I am someone that finds this transitional time of the year a tad tricky. The start of a new year is challenging for me. I’m hard on myself. I’m hard on myself. I need to remind myself that I can climb another metaphorical mountain again.

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Hong Kong Employees Demand 6% Raise for Office Return

Allwork

Some employees might be okay with a return to the office, if that means receiving a raise. A recent survey of 350 Hong Kong workers published by Bloomberg revealed that over a quarter, or 27%, would demand higher pay to abandon hybrid work models. More specifically, most of those workers would be asking for an increase of 6% or more to return to the traditional five-day office workweek.

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Introduction to Procedures: Usage, Terminology, and Tips for Getting Started

All Things Admin

Administrative professionals come at procedures from many different knowledge levels. Some know procedures in and out and have been using them successfully for years; others are starting from square one. Whichever camp you’re in, there’s no harm in going back to basics. Whether you use this as a refresher or as an initial starting point, this article will cover the basic fundamentals of procedures.

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.

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Interface helps designers go minimal with new LVT collection, Northern Grain

Workplace Insight

Interface has launched its latest Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT), Northern Grain. This latest collection from Interface is clean and uncomplicated, designed to brighten spaces across a range of applications, including corporate office, education, and hospitality. With pale shades and clean neutrals, Northern Grain invites and enhances natural light with airy off-white, beige, and cream woods while also setting a quieter foundation with its deeper soft browns and greys, supporting the ‘relaxed minimalis

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The 10 Best Goal Setting Apps to Help You Stay on Track

Success

Setting goals and tracking your progress is essential for personal development. But sometimes, keeping track of your progress can seem to take longer than achieving the goal itself. Using a goal setting app can help keep the tracking process manageable. Since multiple goal-setting apps are available, it’s important to find the right one to fit your needs.

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