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Maximalism Interior Design Could Be the Ticket to Joy and Agency in Unstable Times

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Furthermore, minimalistic design can be more expensive because fewer elements means each one must have a “wow” factor, often with a higher associated cost. Maximalist design gives us back agency in unprecedented times Dr. Alice Condé agrees that maximalist interior design is gaining traction in this cost-of-living crisis. “I

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8 Easy Contract Changes to Make for More Sustainable Events

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We can however use the events industry to make small but significant changes. Think of the amount of food waste during any one event. Whether it is a corporate dinner, a lunch buffet or a mass participation sporting event. Whether it is a corporate dinner, a lunch buffet or a mass participation sporting event.

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What Companies Can Learn from the Southwest Airlines Crisis

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Southwest’s weaknesses were its antiquated software that couldn’t handle the extreme weather event, and its point-to-point operations model. The Black Swan theory and tradeoffs between efficiency and resiliency The Southwest situation can be classified as a Black Swan event. Most other airlines employ a hub-and-spoke model.

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How Companies Can Support Moms in–and Returning to—the Workplace

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As the founder and president of a Florida-based public relations and branding agency, she had spent her pre-kid days making the most of the fun parts of her job, even attending events well into the evening. Therefore, families of three can expect to pay around $3,000 to $8,400 monthly on daycare or childcare expenses.

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How to make your event more environmentally friendly

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Sustainability certainly hasn’t been a priority for assistants organising events, particularly as we often have to manage events alongside our actual day job and the budgets we have to spend on events are still quite a bit smaller than they were a few years ago. Sustainable events don’t need to be expensive events.

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So you’ve been asked to organise an event… now what?

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How often do you organise events? We are asked to arrange all sorts of events including anything from a team training day through to the company Christmas party and other large scale conferences, exhibitions and dinners. The planning meetings (and there should be more than one) are a vital part of creating a great event.

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How Employers Can Better Serve Neurodiverse Employees in 2023

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After surviving a major medical event and a surgery that almost killed her, she found herself reevaluating her trajectory. “I She’s like, ‘my autism won’t allow me to do that,’” when the company suggested charging expenses to a credit card to then be paid back for travel. But things only got more complicated.

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