Wed.Mar 06, 2024

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Deconstruct Your Office Into Core Resources To Rebuild Productivity

Allwork

An effective office layout embraces a mix of experiences, providing a range of work surfaces and seating options to suit various tasks and employee preferences, enabling both focused work and dynamic collaboration. Efficient business performance and employee engagement require easy access to stored information—including digital repositories and peer knowledge—as well as adaptive screen technology that recognizes users and provides necessary data for their daily tasks.

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Hybrid working helps women into senior management roles

Workplace Insight

The widespread adoption of hybrid working has opened the door for women to apply for senior positions within their companies, according to a new report released ahead of International Women’s Day. IWG’s 2024 report Advancing Equality: Women in the Hybrid Workplace, based on research among more than 1,000 female hybrid workers, found that flexible working had allowed over half (53 percent) to pursue promotions or apply for more senior roles – which, in an encouraging move for advancing equ

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What Is Your Brand Without Your Coworking Space?

Allwork

For coworking operators, consider the essence of your coworking brand beyond the physical space, focusing on community and members’ connection to one another. Evaluate how strongly your coworking community is bonded; assess if they would disband, partially stick together, or fully strive to maintain the coworking spirit if the space vanished. Recognize that a coworking area’s quality is secondary to the activation and engagement of its community, which is essential for a sustainable

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Episode 517: Chris Knudsen Talks About Unconventional Business Wisdom

Productivityist

In this episode, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Chris Knudsen , author of the non-traditional business book, “Trust Me, I’m a Consultant.” Chris shared insights into the unconventional approach to writing a business book, reflecting on his extensive experience in the corporate world and his successful transition to self-employment.

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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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Aging Populations and Lack of Training Opportunities Could Lead to Dramatic Labor Shortages by 2030

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In an era where technological advancements and automation are at the forefront of discussions related to the future of work, some researchers are raising the question: what will happen to skilled labor? According to research published by Korn Ferry , by 2030 the world may not actually be grappling with a surplus of robots, but rather, a major deficit of skilled human talent.

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Smaller Cities Offer Better Work-Life Balance and Mental Health Benefits, Study Finds 

Allwork

Midwestern cities are setting the standard for work-life balance and mental health in the United States. According to an updated study published by Coworking Cafe , Minneapolis continues to hold the top spot among the top 20 cities — demonstrating strong performance across key metrics such as income levels, cost of living, and remote work opportunities.

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People are more charitable if they think their employer is environmentally and socially conscious

Workplace Insight

Employees are more likely to make donations and willingly volunteer outside of work if their employers engage in environmentally-conscious activities, finds new research from Mannheim Business School (MBS). The findings have been published in the Journal of Business Ethics. Dr. Irmela Koch-Bayram and Prof. Dr. Torsten Biemann, both from MBS, conducted three experiments to investigate how an employees’ private prosocial behaviour is impacted by their organisation’s environmental corporate social

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7 Steps to Documenting Complex Office Procedures and Systems

All Things Admin

Procedures and systems go hand in hand. A procedure is a documented, step-by-step list of instructions that guides a person through a specific task from start to finish. A system is a series of procedures that all work together to accomplish larger, more complex tasks and projects. For example, when we do webinars, there are things that happen before the webinar to set it up, tasks we need to perform the day of the event, and post-event procedures for adding the replay to our online training cen

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People have lost trust in AI already, and aren’t keen on innovation more generally

Workplace Insight

The 2024 edition of the Edelman Trust Barometer claims to expose a rift on the subjects of AI and innovation that has become a new factor in the polarisation of societies. Respondents, by nearly a two-to-one margin, feel innovation is being poorly managed; this is true across age groups, income levels, and gender, and in both developed and developing countries people are more likely to say innovation is poorly managed than well managed.

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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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Orion Brown, Creator of BlackTravelBox®, Is Changing Self-Care for Travelers of Color

Success

Orion Brown was on a trip to Japan, looking at photos of herself in front of stunning backdrops when she realized something was off—and it wasn’t the scenery. It was her hair. She had miscalculated the extent of the humidity, and her tiny travel bottle of conditioner wasn’t cutting it when it came to taming her tresses. This experience, and many others throughout her life’s travels, made her wonder why finding appropriate beauty and self-care products when traveling as a Black woman was so diffi

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Three-quarters of women experience health problems at work, but line managers aren’t trained to support them 

Workplace Insight

The majority of women in the workplace have experienced health problems at work (74 percent) yet there is a lack of support available to help them, according to new data from Simplyhealth. In the new research, women reported generally higher rates of being affected by health issues than men in the workplace, with around four-in-ten (37 percent) reporting experiencing anxiety last year compared to just 26 percent of men.

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How To Successfully Combat Workplace Bullying And Harassment To Foster A Safe Work Environment

Allwork

Workplace bullying, according to the Workplace Bullying Institute, is repeated, health-harming mistreatment by one or more employees. Workplace bullying and harassment can happen in both in-person or remote workplaces, affecting the productivity and mental health of workers. Proactive measures like nurturing a strong company culture and having clear policies and reporting systems are key in preventing and addressing workplace harassment, bullying, and violence.

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Get tech right to tackle worker burnout and digital overwhelm

Workplace Insight

Recent data from Vitality found that the average employee works but underperforms during an average of 50 days a year due to burnout, stress, and insomnia – costing the UK economy £138bn. This corroborates findings from our own Work Innovation Lab which revealed that 4 in 10 UK employees say that their organisations are currently experiencing ‘a high rate’ of burnout.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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From the Archives: Women’s Widening Field

Success

DECEMBER 1897, Premier issue When Florence Nightingale left home and friends to care for the sick and suffering, she little knew how her influence and example would lead thousands of women to become conscientious, well-trained nurses. The great good accomplished by them has gradually hushed the criticism and slander against those who pass out from home life because they wish to do good to others or to be independent of the aid and support of family or friends.

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OpenAI will Move to Dismiss Elon Musk’s Lawsuit Related to AI Ethics and Transparency

Allwork

In a dispute that highlights the growing ethical debate in the rapidly advancing field of artificial intelligence, OpenAI has published a company blog post addressing the lawsuit filed recently by Elon Musk , publicly stating, “We intend to move to dismiss all of Elon’s claims.” Last week Musk took legal action against OpenAI , the bleeding edge AI organization that he helped co-found, serving on the board until 2018.

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There never was a new normal

Workplace Insight

Four years ago this month, we were all given our first ‘work from home’ mandate. A clear, unambiguous instruction from the UK government that, in the grip of a quickly spreading global pandemic, we should all work from home where possible. And amid the biggest seismic shift of our lifetime, it was an easy instruction to follow. Hunker down and wait patiently until we find a ‘new normal.

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