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Biophilic design has a long history and an even bigger future

Workplace Insight

There are plenty of definitions of the modish concept of biophilic design around right now. Nor is its application in the built environment. The centre piece is a plant covered tower which the firm says emphasises its commitment to the environment and biophilic design. The term may be new, but the idea isn’t. million sq.

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Women Of Color-Focused Coworking Space Creates Vital, Vibrant Community

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But beyond material offerings, one of the most desired aspects in a coworking environment is community. . Despite these efforts, research indicates women of color face barriers when trying to find an environment that is truly inclusive. . Coworking communities are nothing new.

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Recent Study Reveals the Career Fields Most Likely to Cause Poor Pregnancy Outcomes

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of the National Medical Center in Seoul, said their research contributed to the amendment of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act in South Korea, which “[covers] all the abortive outcomes in pregnant women workers,” in a Wiley press release. One of the study authors, Jung-won Yoon, M.D.,

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5 Whole-Brain Design Strategies To Make Your Workplace More Innovative And Efficient

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al, 2013 ) improve efficiency and boost productivity ( JLL, 2022 ) have prompted us to expand our definition of “universal design” to address the needs of people with neurodivergent conditions, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyspraxia and Tourette Syndrome.

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Bullying and the Effect on Your Brain

Bonnie Low-Krayman

Bullying is becoming a medical issue in the workplace, especially for assistants. In my work training Executive Assistants all over the world, they report stories of colleagues who intimidate and create a hostile work environment through incivility. The damage is visible on brain scans.

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Issue 13 of IN Magazine celebrates ten years of workplace insight

Workplace Insight

He referenced the year-zero approach of the San Francisco hippy movement of the 1960s to the laws of personal hygiene, for example, which resulted in diseases not seen by medics for centuries – ‘the mange, the grunge, the itch, the twitch, the thrush, the scroff, the rot’.”.

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Keely Cat-Wells Is on a Mission to Make Hollywood More Inclusive

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The bearded women who were carnival mainstays may have had medical conditions such as hypertrichosis or hirsutism, which may be caused by polycystic ovary syndrome. Villains, because the world thinks disabled people are so angry about being disabled and about our medical traumas that we have to lash out at the world.

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