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The super weird side effect Zoom is having on you no one will talk about Kyle Schnitzer

Remote work seems like a abnormal place for a relationship to bud, but maybe it’s all the face-time on Zoom meetings or the countless chatter on Slack that’s contributing to the rise in office dating. Read More

How can you maintain company culture when everyone is working from home?Victor G. Snyder

These days, most everyone is working from home. But with that, how can everyone help to maintain company culture and foster a team? … Read More

The Future of Work

This part of the onboarding process is now extinct Robert Carnevale

It’s to be expected that certain elements of onboarding from the days of old are going to be left behind. But which specific aspects are getting cut? … Read More

The Future of Work

Will automation make work less meaningful? Here is what the experts say John Anderer

With all this in mind, Finnish researchers from Åbo Akademi University set out to investigate if more workplace automation will indeed lead to greater job enjoyment and or a more meaningful work experience among all employees. Read More

The Future of Work

The mindblowing Amazon work from home policy that rivals all other companies Marjolein Dilven

The online retail giant Amazon announced last year that it would allow its employees to work from home. While this policy was meant to end on the 8th of January 2021, it is extended to the 30th of June 2021. Read More

Health

This is how many billions of dollars migraines cost businesses Kyle Schnitzer

Productivity lost due to migraine costs US employers at least $13 billion annually. Read More

Productivity

What a 13th-century monk can teach us about managing information overload Trish Sammer

These days, it can be easy to fall into the trap of information overload. This is what a 13th-century monk can teach us about managing it. Read More

Advice

What your Slack workplace game says about you as a performer Kaitlyn McInnis

Unlike email exchanges or private chat functions like Gchat or Facebook Messenger, Slack does a great job of keeping communication out in the open … Read More

Office Life

Here’s how to design an environment that guarantees you’ll succeed Anthony Moore

First, they bite off more than they can chew. Then, they miss a few days because the new habit is practically impossible to sustain. Finally, they give up hope and quit entirely. Read More

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The simple eye contact trick you should use in every conversation

“When two people are having a conversation, eye contact signals that shared attention is high —that they are in peak synchrony with one another.”

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