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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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She is a 2023 CNN Hero, a 2022 Soros Justice Fellow and a 2019 JustLeadershipUSA Leading with Conviction Fellow Alumna. She has also delivered presentations during NYC Advertising Week, the 4A’s StratFest, YouTube Black FanFest and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, solidifying her as a thought leader within the industry.

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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

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For example, Flocc London digital consultancy ELSE holds their internal meetings on hard chairs to encourage people to be brief, while at Copenhagen-based IIH Nordic, they use countdown timers to keep meetings short. Synergy Vision, a London-based medical and health care communications company, introduced a four-day week in late 2018.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

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Among the initiatives that emerged from the exercise was a group formed to “[identify] and [support] sales and marketing strategies” that could be utilized to reach women- and minority-owned businesses. As of 2019 , Minnesota is home to 6% of immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Migration Policy Institute.

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The Secrets Behind Portugal’s Booming Coworking Industry

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The most rapid expansion in the number of coworking spaces occurred mainly in 2018/2019 (and at the start of the pandemic). Since the 1990s, many local authorities built entrepreneurial parks and set up incubators because they recognized that coworking spaces attract business startups, entrepreneurs, and, more recently, digital nomads.

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These 8 cities around the world are putting their focus on biking and walking — not cars

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To further encourage biking as a form of transport, Mayor Claudia López Hernández plans to permanently convert 84 kilometers (52 miles) of newly established road sections into bike lanes to help essential workers travel around the city more quickly. percent in 2018 and saw an increase in electric vehicle use. Metro area population: 2.6

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Want to expand your horizons? 35 new books from TED speakers that will enlarge your world

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When 37-year-old neuroscientist Jill Bolte-Taylor had a massive stroke in 1996, she lost her ability to form words and move her body but also experienced what she would later describe in her TED Talk as “euphoria”. years in 2019. Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 edited by Ibram X.

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