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More Companies Are Adopting Sensory-Friendly Practices—Here’s How Your Business Can Follow Suit 

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In a 2019 story published in The New York Times , readers received a glimpse into how upsetting and disorienting a job interview can be for Ben Hirasuna, a person with autism who often doesn’t leave home for weeks. Dell has a neurodivergent job application system, and Microsoft has a Neurodiversity Hiring Program , for example.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports. In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports. 24 million Americans consider abandoning their careers for self-employment, according to FreshBooks’s 2019 Self-Employment in America Report. It’s growing.

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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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Meet the 2022 Women of Influence

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in 1995 to 27% in 2019.” Florence Nightingale Graham: This early adopter of skin-care revolutions set out to create her very own “beauty cream,” which ultimately evolved into international cosmetics empire Elizabeth Arden. Whatever the case, these are women who have manifested their ethos, and we are here for it. Poet and Author.

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I Tried Napping Every Day for a Month—Here’s What I Learned About Toxic Hustle Culture

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A 2019 study of a Swiss population found that people who napped once or twice weekly had fewer cardiovascular issues. A more recent study (2021) published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found that afternoon naps improve cognition. I loved everything about those quiet, superhuman moments.

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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. And once they were working from home, nobody had to “constantly document that one is at work,” Konskov said. “It

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“EAs Need Better Press.” Agreed. Solving the EA PR Problem Once and For All

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This document that is fact-based, data-driven and without emotion is at the heart of changing perception. In May, 2019, her work was profiled in a Forbes (online) cover story. She is on the Editorial Board and a columnist for Executive Secretary Magazine and is a contributing writer to many other international publications.

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