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CB Insights on the Trends Shaping Tech in 2018

Small Business Labs

The technology information site CB Insights recently published their list of 15 Trends Shaping Tech in 2018. These include (the trends and descriptions are from their report): Cars become a subscription good : Pay a monthly fee and drive a car for as long as you’d like. So their list of tech trends is well worth taking a look at.

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The significance of women’s health is increasingly acknowledged in the modern workplace

Workplace Insight

Women, on average, outlive men but, as reported by the World Economic Forum ( WEF , 2024), spend approximately 25 percent of their lives in poor health. has seen a doubling of maternal mortality rates from 2002 to 2018, with a significant racial disparity affecting Black women. days per year ( BMJ , 2012).

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

Success

Or the physician who returns a prospective patient’s call on a Saturday, spends 20 minutes on the phone discussing symptoms, and then shares a private cellphone number with instructions to call back if further medical advice is needed. In its 2011 Oracle Customer Experience Impact Report , Harris Research found that 86 percent of U.S.

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

Ideas.Ted

The next day, my home state of California reported its first coronavirus death, and a week later, schools, businesses and public spaces across America began closing. Synergy Vision, a London-based medical and health care communications company, introduced a four-day week in late 2018.

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

Ideas.Ted

Hard to believe, but in 2018, only roughly 3 percent of US employees worked from home, reports management researcher David Burkus. Sexism and gender bias, report Julia Gillard, Australia’s first female Prime Minister and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former Finance Minister. Read an excerpt here. ) .

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On the job tips for new Admins.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Some organizations like you to list the attachments, i.e. Enclosure: 2008 Annual Report. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that employment of executive secretaries and administrative assistants will increase 13 percent between 2008 and 2018, meaning more people will be seeking advice like yours as well as education in the field.