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Expert Explains How To Use AI & VR To Transform Your Learning & Development Programs

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The pandemic necessitated the rapid innovation of personalized and flexible remote learning programs through technology. Leveraging AI, cloud computing, and immersive technologies like AR, MR, and VR has democratized access to learning resources, ensuring parity between remote and in-office employees. Despite challenges like isolation and videoconferencing fatigue, the future of learning and development is promising with generative AI offering scalable, personalized learning experiences aligned

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Entrepreneur Jason Tartick on Making the Most of Unexpected Opportunities

Success

Jason Tartick was known for making moves in the banking world. The University of Rochester MBA generated buzz as he quickly ascended the corporate ladder. In the spring of 2018, he also captured the attention of the American public, this time for a different reason—his dating life. Nine weeks as a contestant on ABC’s The Bachelorette launched Tartick into a new reality.

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Seattle Government Enforces New RTO Rules to Revive Downtown

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The City of Seattle’s new return-to-office mandate for city workers highlights the ongoing debate over balancing employee work-life preferences with organizational needs and urban revitalization efforts. The city announced that it is increasing the mandatory in-office workdays for executive branch employees from two to three days per week, effective November 4.

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Hanging in the Tech-Life Balance: Expert Tips for Digital Well-being

Success

According to DataReportal’s Digital 2024 Global Overview Report , the average internet user spends almost seven hours online every day. We rely heavily on technology in our work, education and social interactions. It even helps us unwind after a long day by streaming our favorite TV shows and movies or reading a book or magazine article. However, it’s important to note that all that screen time , if not managed properly, can have a detrimental effect on our overall quality of life.

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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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 Will AI Take Over Virtual Service Provider Jobs? What You Need to Know

Tips From T. Marie

The thought might have crossed your mind as you sip your morning coffee: Will AI take over virtual service provider jobs? As someone who’s built a career around providing online services—whether as a virtual assistant, a remote team member, or in another support role—this is a valid concern. With AI technology advancing at warp speed, it’s natural to wonder if our digital sidekick is poised to become our replacement.

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Climate Protection Could Soon Be Part of Your Employee Benefits Package

Success

From 2018 to 2022, 89 extreme weather events caused more than $1 billion in damage, which averages out to one every three weeks, according to the 2023 U.S. National Climate Assessment report. As the effects of climate change become more widespread—from severe storms, flooding , extreme heat, poor air quality, wildfires and more—business leaders are realizing how their employees are impacted.

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7 Must-Have Tech Tools for Every Small Business Startup

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You know the old adage “work smarter, not harder”? What if we told you there was an easy way for your small business to do it—reducing your workload, helping the team complete tasks more efficiently, improving communication, making it easier to meet tight deadlines and, ultimately, just making things work better? It’s true—all you have to do is have the right tech tools for small businesses.

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U.K. Sees Surge in Flexible Work Opportunities

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Jobs in the U.K. that offer flexible working hours have increased dramatically over the past year. The latest data from Flexa’s Flexible Working Index reveals a rise in both the demand for and supply of jobs with flexible hours. It’s reported that the increase in flexible opportunities aligns with Labour’s policy to make flexible working hours the standard in the country.

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Guide for Assistants to Increase Visibility and Influence

Practically Perfect PA

Guide for Assistants to Increase Visibility and Influence In a recent Virtual Summit, Hallie Warner, an amazing speaker and expert on career development for Assistant and Chief of Staff roles, emphasised the importance of building a personal brand for Assistants and other Administrative professionals. Assistants must [.

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How do you encourage people to spend more time in the office? Here are seven things to consider

Workplace Insight

In a world in which people have more choice about how and where to work, how do you encourage people to spend more time in the office without issuing controversial mandates? Some of the UK’s most high-profile workplace, design, property and facilities management experts met recently at the London showroom of MillerKnoll to discuss the answers to this, one of the most vexed questions of recent years.

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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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How to disagree with respect — not hate | Spencer J. Cox

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Spencer J. Cox, Republican governor of the state of Utah in the United States, says that even in these deeply polarized times, it's still possible to disagree without hate or contempt. He shows how this idea sparked a viral campaign ad he co-created with his Democratic political opponent back in 2020 — and shares four practical things every one of us can do to heal the divides in our nations and neighborhoods.

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Measuring and rewarding what people do at work? It’s a rat trap, baby, and you’ve been caught

Workplace Insight

Life imitates art. Scientists have discovered that lab mice may be conducting their own experiments on us. A paper published in the journal Current Biology speculates that mice seem to be testing their testers. They do this by deviating from simple behaviours such as responding to rewards to work out what might happen. “These mice have a richer internal life than we probably give them credit for,” explained Kishore Kuchibhotla , senior study author and an assistant professor of neuroscience at

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Capital One Office upgrades classic Zumtobel luminaire

Workplace Insight

Twenty years on financial services giant Capital One were still happy with the look and feel of their classic TECTON lighting system, but in search of improved efficiency, once again turned to Zumtobel for a fresh solution. Trent House, Nottingham, is financial services’ giant Capital One’s European HQ. It recently underwent a major remodelling project to create a stimulating and responsive working environment.

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