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Our false memory of work in 2019 is stopping us from having better conversations

Workplace Insight

Even those seeking out the compromise that has been known as hybrid working since 2020 may be engaging in a fruitless quest. Nobody was talking about this in 2019. In fact, they might even be the ones doing most to drive the debate into the ground. They are looking for something that doesn’t exist.

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Professional Services Business Applications from Freelancers Continued their 2020 Surge in January.

Small Business Labs

In 2020 professional services applications from independent workers (freelancers, independent contractors, etc.) increased by 21% over 2019. This data comes from Independent Workers Lead Recent Surge in Professional Service Business Applications , a research brief from MBO Partners that is based on an analysis of U.S.

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2019 Joan Burge Innovation Award for Assistants

Office Dynamics

Therefore, I created the Joan Burge Innovation Award in 2019. And if you attend our 2020 Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence , please submit your innovative idea. You just might be the recipient of the 2020 Joan Burge Innovation Award ! I’d like to challenge you to bring your ideas forward to your organization!

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Scientific American's Top Emerging Technologies of 2019

Small Business Labs

Scientific American's describes their Top 10 Emerging Technologies Of 2019 as "World-changing technologies that are poised to rattle the status quo."    Back in 2014, there were lots of forecasts that AI-based driverless cars would be common by 2020. would be disrupted by AI by 2020.

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States Losing (And Gaining) The Most Rich Young Professionals – 2022 Edition

Allwork

SmartAsset looked at the tax filings of people below the age of 35 who earn more than $100,000 to see where they packed up and moved to between 2019 and 2020, or at the onset of the COVID pandemic. The post States Losing (And Gaining) The Most Rich Young Professionals – 2022 Edition appeared first on Allwork.Space.

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True Gender Equality Is Still 151 Years Away—Despite Recent Milestones

Success

18, 2019, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch completed the 221st spacewalk in support of the International Space Station’s maintenance and assembly, and marked the first all-female spacewalk in history. Nearly 60 years later, on Oct. Charpentier and Doudna received the Nobel for their work on the technology of genome editing.

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The Number of Digital Nomads Surged Again in 2021

Small Business Labs

million American workers currently describe themselves as digital nomads, increasing 42% from 2020 and 112% from the pre-pandemic year 2019 (click on the study chart below to enlarge).  million in 2020 to 10.2 This is on top of the number of digital nomads with traditional jobs almost doubling in 2020 compared to 2019.

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