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Arrr-guably Similar: How Coworking Channels The Rebel Spirit Of Pirates

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Alex Barker, co-author of “How to be more Pirate,” brought the comparison to open last year’s GCUC UK. In both cases, this shared experience of being different brought people together to form communities unlike any other. Pirates spent long periods together, whilst travelling at sea, and formed close-knit communities.

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The Return To Office Trade-Off

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If employees are spending $20 or more per day on commuting, between transportation and lunches, and two+ hours traveling compared to working from home, employees might reasonably expect to be compensated for that extra time. Beyond the one-to-one comparison to the financial cost of commuting, food brings people together.

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The Impact Of Design On The Return To The Office

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With so many employees across Europe needing more of an incentive or reason to return to the workplace, it’s perhaps no surprise that the businesses we surveyed have begun taking steps such as introducing flexible working hours and offering financial incentives including paid travel or free lunches to entice people back.

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From the Archives: The Ultimate Cost of Penny-Pinching

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I know a rich man who has become such a slave to the habit of economizing, formed when he was trying to get a start in the world, that he has not been able to break away from it. He would never think of inviting a customer or a prospective customer to a luncheon, or of offering to pay his car fare (if he happened to be traveling with him).

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Coping with car hire – When the best is expected

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Organising the typical car rental is pretty straight forward these days with many traditional companies all vying for your booking and even more comparison sites determined to promise you the best deal, all great until you are asked to book a car in the luxury or exotic end of the market where the usual providers can’t really help.

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Even Processing Credit Cards Can Be Paperless

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What are some of the advantages to having a digital form of credit card acceptance? If you are a professional who travels to customer locations, this is a great way to accept payments. Even the interaction between customer and seller can be faster in comparison.

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Reimagining the Workplace with Phil Simon: Hybrid Models and Beyond

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It’s always been with us in some form or another, just about. But generally speaking, there’s a chart that I cite in the book that compares I think it’s 97% pre pandemic levels with airplane travel, restaurants, sporting events, those types of things. I think we’ll see it. You mentioned inflation.

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