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How Gulliver’s Travels predicted AI and our attempts to make sense of it all

Workplace Insight

Gulliver’s Travels is one of those books we assume we know. Even though Swift demonstrates how the pure reason of the horses can lead to very dark places – an idea he also explores in A Modest Proposal – his protagonist admires the Houyhnhnms. It’s really about one man’s descent into disillusion with the human race.

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Day in the life: Jeremy Burrows, EA at Ai Software and Founder of GoBurrows LLC.

Practically Perfect PA

I manage the CEO’s calendar and email, book his travel, help with sales notes and drafting proposals, and anything else he needs. Today’s Day in the Life: Jeremy Burrows, EA at Ai Software and Founder of GoBurrows LLC. What are the main aspects of your role? In the first year of the company (2017), I wore […].

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How to Create a Powerful, Future-Proof Culture for Remote and Decentralized Teams

Allwork

We encourage people to propose new ideas even when they’re outside the scope of their traditional roles. You can also reach out to workers via recorded videos and emails. At goLance , one of our strongest cultural values is the importance of teamwork. If you need to present the same content to teams globally, set up multiple meetings.

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This Is How You Can Get Better at Reading People

Success

It also includes every way you communicate, whether it’s in person, by phone, by email, by text or on social media. Since we liked profiles that are easy to use, we chose the DISC model of human behavior , which is based on the 1928 theories William Moulton Marston first proposed in his book, Emotions of Normal People.

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Tips and Tricks for Making Your Business Greener

Eco-Office Gals

You should also take the time to explain your proposed environmental initiatives and reasoning to your employees. For instance, instead of printing that report, you could simply email it or upload it to the cloud where everyone can see it. Instead of traveling to a meeting, simply hold a video conference online.

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The Ultimate Executive Assistant Toolbox

Worxbee

From other executive assistants to business owners, travel agents, corporate event specialists, the IT people, even the person who has connections for hard-to-get tickets or bookings can all be great “tools” in your network. Email Management EAs spend a significant amount of time managing busy inboxes, their own and those of executives.

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How Assistants Manage Their Workload (and all the extras, like training!)

Office Dynamics

However, we have several assistants who traveled from out-of-state to attend this program. Many of the assistants check emails at break and handle as many work assignments as they can. When dropping me off at my hotel, she told me after dinner she was going to work on emails. I am at their corporate office in Columbus, Ohio.

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