Productivity

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Of course, productivity is a complicated issue that can be affected by anything from lack of investment in staff to underfunding training and equipment. But if you’re interested in improving productivity in your office, here are seven great ways to get started. Read More

Office Life

Move over Millennials – Here’s how Gen Z is going to do your job Kit Warchol

The generation that’s made a collective career out of brazen entrepreneurialism and brattiness (“They’re brash, they’re narcissistic, they’re entitled,” says the Times, “Or so the cliché goes”) has new competition in the workplace: Generation Z. Read More

Productivity

Research reveals how to take a better work break Nir Eyal

Research suggests there are good ways and not-so-good ways to spend our break time. While some breaks can leave us refreshed and reenergized, others tend to leave us depleted and drained. Read More

How To

How to make the right decision: Ask this question Gustavo Razzetti

Stop thinking about right or wrong. Making decisions requires clarity, not certainty. Asking one question will get you unstuck. Read More

Latest News

Apple’s new 'app limits' feature can help curb smartphone use Jane Burnett

Instagram lets you track how much time you waste on its app, but Apple also showed that it wasn’t far behind, announcing yesterday that the iOS 12 update coming this fall will include “App Limits” that helps restrict the amount of usage, according to your settings. Read More

Office Life

The best indoor office plants to brighten your day and purify your air Monica Torres

When you cannot enjoy the benefits of going outside at work, bring the outside indoors and get yourself a houseplant for your office. Their vibrant leaves not only perk up your dreary desk, but they are proven to give you a much-needed breath of fresh air. Unlike us, plants can absorb harmful gasses from the air … Read More

Office Life

This is the big problem with being friends with your coworkers Meredith Lepore

Work friendships can be amazing and even beneficial to collaboration and productivity, however they can also be quite awkward and even detrimental according to research highlighted by Melissa Dahl in The New York Times. Dahl is the editor of New York magazine’s Science of Us, and the author of Cringeworthy: A Theory of Awkwardness. Read More

Health

7 signs your commute to work is wearing you down Greg Katz

Those lost hours are more than just a waste of time, though. They may have a detrimental impact on your physical and emotional health, not to mention your productivity and your relationships. Read More

How To

4 very basic skills you might not have (and how to get them)Rachel Weingarten

The bottom line is, if you’re unable to do something, there are more ways than ever to learn to do them and blow up the notion that an entire generation of people can’t figure out basic skills. Read More

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