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Instead Of Trying To Compete With The Home Office — Work With It

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We can easily observe that what is highly productive in a shared office space is communal, iterative, and reactive activities like training, large group collaboration , mentoring, exploration and innovation. These activities suffer when performed at a distance.

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How Physical Spaces Shape Human Relationships and Emotional Well-Being

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A cursory google search will pull up dozens of studies proving that access to daylight makes people feel better—and yet, many workplaces are still relegating receptionists and junior staff into gloomy cubicles under harsh fluorescent lighting, while reserving the bright and airy corner spaces for partners and executives.

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Tim Rowe – Founder and CEO of CIC | Flexible Workspaces: Competing Globally

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You’ve taken it to an entirely new high, working around other people, incubation theories, mentoring theories, accelerator theories, fundings, exits, team rooms, the very start up to the very exit point overall. Frank Cottle [ 00:38:47 ]: All companies are now international. Tim Rowe [ 00:38:51 ]: Customers are international.

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

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Interning is supposed to get you ahead, to help you find a job but now it seems people are just taking advantage. And I do understand that money does not buy happiness, etc etc, but we do heroes, mentors and models of good behavior. Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You? The other impact is in the area of startups.

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10 gifts to give your career

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Know how national or international events may impact your business, and what you’re doing to prepare. Find a mentor. Or, you can ask a professional organization about helping you find a mentor who can help guide you through some career issues. Be a mentor - or help someone else with their career. Stay current.

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