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Navigating Uncertainty: Strategies For Success In Commercial Real Estate Amid Global Turmoil

Allwork

Office developers and design firms with the inherent agility and skills necessary to pivot to best respond to market expectations will likely remain busy for the coming future and beyond. Change is inevitable, and it is key to our longevity that we develop a framework that is agile and adaptable for a responsible future.

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

Ideas.Ted

When the pandemic hit Danish businesses, “we did not dictate solutions” to employees, chief production officer Bo Konskov told journalist Pernille Garde Abildgaard — the leadership knew that workers already had the skills to adapt. The solution: Share those productivity gains with workers, in the form of a shorter workweek.

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16 planet-friendly gift ideas, recommended by TED speakers

Ideas.Ted

I am also an environmental science teacher, so every year I create a bulletin board that suggests other green holiday ideas to my students because there are so many ways to offset your carbon footprint. I’m thinking of a gift that can build someone’s skills to pursue a life of purpose and dignity. A mushroom garden.

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Five Reasons It's a Good Idea to Stay on a Sinking Ship

On The Job

You are asked to re-use ovenight envelopes -- and not because the boss cares about the company's carbon footprint. While she left a year later, she says it was those skills and opportunities presented by the floundering employer that taught her the most. You catch the boss working on his resume.

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Online Side Gigs: Earn Well and Reduce Your Carbon Footprint Versus A Traditional Side Job

Eco-Office Gals

A person with skills that are in demand can change their lives with a few hours a day in a gig that pays well. Writing is much like any other art form as it does improve with practice. Being able to outreach to people takes a variety of skills but being able to do this then sell them something takes a special individual.

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The Green Job Front – Five Tips to Find a Green Career

Eco-Office Gals

Make sure that you are taking actions to reduce your own carbon footprint, like taking the bus or biking to work, buying sustainably grown local produce, and finding ways to reduce your consumption. In many parts of the country, green networks are forming that are dedicated to business practices.

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Dave Cairns SVP of CBRE |Unlocking Urban Potential: Repurposing Office Spaces for Sustainable Development

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Notably brokerage, fully commission-based brokerage, they sort of said, look, you’re used to losing money more days than you win money, so you probably do okay with commission-based work, and you’re good at good analytical skills and good with people, so why don’t you give it a shot? And so I did. That sort of thing.

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