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Finding a Voice in the Future of Work

Success

In the cold twice-daily budget meeting room, our no-nonsense beat editor called on each reporter to boldly lay out their soul—er, story idea—for review. Then again when I joined the student-run magazine, Vox. Then again when I landed a gig with this very magazine in 2015 as an assistant editor. But I went back, week after week.

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A look back at The Stoddart Review: the once and future guide to workplace productivity?

Workplace Insight

The Stoddart Review , published in 2016, was one of the most significant reports of recent years to explore the role of the workplace for employee productivity in extensive detail and why the office environment was key for productivity purposes. The Stoddart Review provided a great analogy for this.

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How To Create Commute-Worthy Destinations

Allwork

This article was written by DLR Group’s Jeremy Reding for Work Design Magazine. DLR Group has reviewed current research from cognitive science and neuroscience to better inform design based on task type. Focus area featuring workspace and private phone booths for confidential tech client. Image courtesy of DLR Group.

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Master Your Memory with Ron White

Success

Your goal might not be to enter a memory competition, but you might have a simpler goal to be able to remember names and faces, or what you read in a magazine or a book, or to give speeches without notes or memorize product knowledge.”. He explains the method by demonstrating how to memorize an entire issue of SUCCESS magazine.

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The Cognitive Scientist’s Handbook to Working an Optimal Day

Success

So during this time, what we’re good at mentally is alertness, vigilance, attention to detail and information review,” Loney says. This habit might be silencing phone notifications on your work email, shutting the door to your home office or listening to a meditative podcast or audiobook on your commute home. From 3-10 p.m.

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The rise of the pods shows how the workplace pendulum swings

Workplace Insight

As the legend goes, two American office employees were constantly distracted by their boss’s loud phone calls, as he paced their open office. The employees commented that they were going to buy him a phone box to stand in during calls. The good news is we couldn’t find a phone cabin. Bing’s Boss replied, “Find one. So we quit.”

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Smartphone Sales to Over Take Feature Phone Sales in 2011

Small Business Labs

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. will exceed "dumb" phones in 2011.  Studies have linked cell phone radiation to health problems such as headaches, high blood pressure, brain tumors, cancer, Alzheimer's, and more.

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