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The rise of the pods shows how the workplace pendulum swings

Workplace Insight

Skimming through the open-plan office timeline, Herman Miller launched action office , L-shaped desks with screens became shared benches, and decades later tech brands rolled out efficient open-plan workspaces around the globe, with Facebook creating the biggest open-plan office of all time with 2,800 employees. So we made one. So we quit.”

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Are You Stealing from Your Profitability (and don’t even know it)?

Stephanie LH Calahan

I find that every time I share the quotes to the right on Facebook or Twitter they get shared and re-shared.  For example, if you are spending hours daily on Twitter and Facebook telling yourself that you are “growing your business” through building relationships, you are stealing from yourself.

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5 Powerful Sustainability Strategies To Help Coworking Centers Go Green

Allwork

When it comes to the sustainability agenda, collective action, and community impact make the coworking model unique. before moving to Texas and co-founding Good Coworking in Dallas, Amy King was struck by the fact that recycling wasn’t top of the agenda for Texas residents. Educate your coworking community Having lived across the U.S.

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How I Use Evernote for Meetings

Productivityist

Finance: When it comes to the Finance part of our FFFing Meeting, I integrate a form of Zapier automation into the Evernote mix. When we are planning our meals for the week, I can refer to any recipes we have in Evernote – usually clipped by me with the Evernote Web Clipper after my wife Anne sends them to me via Facebook Messenger.

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Guest Blogger: David B. Wright, Author

The Office Professionals Place

Can you bring in new business, improve operating efficiency, reduce costs, help build the strategy that will form the company’s future? And of course you don’t want to completely control the meeting, or otherwise disregard the other person’s agenda. Help them better leverage partners and suppliers?

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A Test of Your Professionalism: Will You Pass?

The Office Professionals Place

If you become timid when it comes to speaking in a group meeting, provided you know what the agenda items are prior to the meeting, put them in writing in proposal form and give them to the Chair before the meeting or slide them to him during the meeting. Template images by luoman. Powered by Blogger.

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How To Make Friends Online

Brilliantly Better

Facebook: One of the most interesting female bloggers in the personal development field is Celestine Chua , (from CelestineChua.com ) who is currently living in Singapore. Don’t Fake It There can be a strong emphasis placed on numbers: Twitter followers, Facebook friends, blog subscribers, etc. Are you dizzy yet?

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