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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. It even manages to offer up a proto-LLM in the form of The Engine, a device found in the city of Lagado, impoverished by a commitment to relentless, pointless research. It’s really about one man’s descent into disillusion with the human race. Grandville ).

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Common Grammar Mistakes that Undermine Your Credibility

Office Dynamics

We’re not going for Shakespeare, but don’t discount the possibility that your colleague, manager, or potential employer has a solid grounding in the rules of English grammar. Incorrect: “The person that sent you the proposal is an authority on the subject.”. Correct: “That proposal is worth considering. It most certainly is!

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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 My Experience as a Black Entrepreneur Shaped My Views on Building Financial Freedom

Success

I was traveling on business and planning to open a new franchise in the area, I said. When I returned to my office in Atlanta, I shared the nerve-wracking experience with my manager, one of the few Black directors in the company. Unfortunately, the entire experience was spoiled by an incident at a popular breakfast restaurant.

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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. While your management team or HR organization may have certain ideas on what’s essential for retaining a loyal, productive workforce, go directly to your workers, such as via a survey, and identify their priorities. .

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4 important payroll issues to keep an eye on in 2023

BMT Office Administration

Proposed regulations covering white-collar employees were included in the Department of Labor’s spring 2022 semiannual regulatory agenda. General consensus: Proposed regs, if they ever are released, will raise the minimum salary employees must earn to remain exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This is prescient.

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5 Ways to Be a Value-Added Employee

Office Dynamics

I’m not sure if you know that 80% of my work is onsite training for administrative office professionals so I do a lot of traveling, in fact, 100% of my clients are out of state. From this point forward, I will be traveling extensively through September. Propose them. I see employees in action in their environments. Make money.