Fri.May 09, 2025

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Ping pong, perks, pizza and beanbags won’t get you a better workplace culture

Workplace Insight

Business has taken a wrong turn. Since the 2008 financial crisis, best practice has led companies to believe that the route to driving greater productivity and performance is to establish a workplace culture that prioritises purpose, meaning, and how people feel. As a result, organisations have become increasingly inward-looking, preoccupied more with symbolic purpose statements and curated internal experiences than delivering real value to the business or its customers.

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Can AI help with the chaos of family life? | Avni Patel Thompson (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

TED Talks

Tech innovator Avni Patel Thompson designed an app to shield busy parents from the chaos of scheduling school pickups, coordinating playdates, planning birthday parties and more — but as the product developed, something felt off. What might we lose when AI smooths over the friction of everyday family life? Patel Thompson explores her surprising discovery and how you can leverage AI to connect more deeply with the ones you love.

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Journal of Biophilic Design to launch Biophilic Design Sourcing Hub at Clerkenwell Design Week

Workplace Insight

Our friends at The Journal of Biophilic Design have announced the launch of the Biophilic Design Sourcing Hub at Clerkenwell Design Week 2025: an innovative new platform that connects architects, designers, and industry professionals with verified suppliers of biophilic and sustainable materials and products. The Sourcing Hub will offer a unique destination for specifiers to discover responsible materials and products, while allowing suppliers to showcase their offerings.

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The poetry of family | Duncan Keegan (Kelly Corrigan takeover)

TED Talks

Duncan Keegan doesn't consider himself a poet, but this deeply beautiful talk shows otherwise. With simple grace and quiet eloquence, he celebrates family, connection and togetherness, often most called for at the hardest of times. This is episode seven of a seven-part series airing this week on TED Talks Daily , where author, podcaster and past TED speaker Kelly Corrigan — and her six TED2025 speakers — explore the question: In the world of artificial intelligence, what is a parent for?

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The Memory Edge: Outlearn, Outperform, Outlast

Speaker: Chester Santos

Forgetfulness is costing you time, money, and a ton of missed opportunities. In the age of automation, it’s easy to underestimate the power of a well-trained human mind. But memory isn’t just a parlor trick, it's a strategic edge. Human memory is one of the most underrated business skills. Whether you’re managing people, leading sessions, or having high-stakes conversations, remembering names, details, and concepts can be transformative in building trust, absorbing knowledge, and driving perform

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19 Million Jobs Could Be Replaced by Automation, New SHRM Report Warns

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The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) released its 2025 Jobs at Risk Report , which revealed that 19.2 million jobs in the U.S. are at high or very high risk of being replaced by automation. As technology continues to transform industries, SHRM is urging companies to implement its AI+HI=ROI strategy, which combines artificial intelligence with human expertise to create a workforce that can adapt to ongoing changes.

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How to Have Fun Without Spending a Dime

Success

Looking for ways to have fun without spending a fortune? Youre not alone. It can be challenging to find fun things to do without having to spend a lot of cash. This is one of the many ways that money tends to be the elephant in the room: whether were on a tight budget or just trying to spend less and save more, money is always on our minds. Maybe youre even in a no-spend season.

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What Stars Like Chappell Roan and Beyoncé Can Teach Us About Breaking Out of Your Niche

Success

Having a career niche is a great way to make a name for yourself within your industry. However, that doesn’t mean that wherever you start has to be where you stay. Consider Chappell Roans newest single, The Giver. The pop princess has taken a page out of Queen Bey Beyoncs book by shifting into the country music genre. Less than two weeks after its debut, Roans song had topped Billboards Hot Country Songs and taken the fifth spot on Billboards Hot 100.

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America Punishes Working Moms For Having Kids Then Asks Why No One Is Having Them

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Most working moms face lost promotions, stalled careers, and pressure to delay or limit motherhood due to workplace bias. 87% of mothers say having kids hurt their careers, and half stopped at one child because of job-related challenges. Financial incentives like baby bonuses ignore the real issue of a workforce that penalizes, sidelines, and devalues mothers.

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How Do You Lead? Understanding the 6 Leadership Styles

Success

Leadership style has a direct impact on a company or teams atmosphere and financial performance and… the most effective leaders mix and match styles. In 2000, psychologist Daniel Golemanbest known for popularizing the concept of emotional intelligence published an article in the Harvard Business Review ( HBR ) titled Leadership That Gets Results , in which he outlined six concrete leadership styles that vowed to take the mystery out of effective leadership.

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Canada’s Unemployment Rate Jumps to 6.9% as U.S. Tariffs Hit Hard

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Canada’s unemployment rate rose to 6.9% in April, the highest since November, as U.S. tariffs started to hit Canada’s export-dependent economy in earnest, data showed on Friday. The high unemployment rate in Canada, where the number of jobless people is inching towards 1.6 million, was partly a result of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on a raft of Canadian imports, Statistics Canada said, referring to the jobs shed in the manufacturing sector.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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Why the Fidelity Mobile App Is a Must-Have for Every Investor & Saver

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Life comes at us fast. We all have milestone events we have to pay for and goals we want to reach. For many people, retirement is an objective theyre always chipping away at. Others may be laser-focused on saving to buy a home, tucking away money for vacation or padding their kids college funds. For some, its simply growing wealth to achieve financial freedom.

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Fed Says 4.2% Jobless Rate Signals Labor Market Near Max Strength—For Now

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Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler on Friday said the U.S. labor market is stable and, based on the current unemployment rate of 4.2% and a range of other measures, is most likely close to the central bank’s goal of maximum employment. Kugler’s prepared remarks to the Central Bank of Iceland did not otherwise touch on the economic outlook or monetary policy.

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U.S. Government to Use Software for Rapid Layoffs, 260K Already Gone

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The federal human resources agency at the heart of billionaire Elon Musk’s efforts to slash the federal workforce is poised to roll out software to speed layoffs across the U.S. government, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The software could turbo-charge the rapid-fire effort to downsize the government at a time when a number of larger federal agencies are preparing to execute plans for mass layoffs of tens of thousands of workers.

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