Productivityist
MARCH 22, 2023
In this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with Zack Arnold , an award-winning editor, director, and founder of Optimize Yourself. He’s also a father of two and a two-time American Ninja Warrior, which is pretty cool if you ask me. We had a productive conversation about how to pursue fulfilling careers without sacrificing our health, relationships, or sanity.
Success
MARCH 22, 2023
You’re invited! To the company party, a friend’s wedding or maybe a community group outing—whatever it is, it’s on your calendar. All great chances to meet new people. But maybe events like these, the ones that require you to make small talk, bring you more anxiety than excitement. You think, I won’t know anyone there. I really should go—but I don’t want to.
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Allwork
MARCH 22, 2023
By understanding user demographics, preferences, and usage patterns, inclusive designers can create designs that are tailored to their target audience. In a recent podcast conversation, Ryan Anderson, Vice President of Global Research and Insights at Miller Knoll, shared his advice and tips on how to best use data to inform design decisions. Organizations should look to design workspaces with employees rather than for them, while taking into account the needs of both individuals and teams.
Success
MARCH 22, 2023
Fred Gehring, former CEO of Tommy Hilfiger, was born and raised in Holland. There, he was schooled in the intricacies of the European market, and emerged with a peerless understanding of how to protect and develop an all-American brand, as well as to lead a multinational corporation bent on global growth. This was no small trick. Gehring, now 68, began his involvement with “Tommy” in 1996.
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
Allwork
MARCH 22, 2023
What’s going on: Amazon and Meta may be the main forces behind layoffs across the globe, but industries like health care have seen a far greater percentage of employees cut. Since October, approximately 800 businesses have eliminated almost half a million jobs across sectors such as consumer goods and financials, with an average workforce reduction of 10%.
Success
MARCH 22, 2023
The lights of the concert hall dim. The audience grows silent in anticipation. Angela Jia Kim, a talented concert pianist, sits in front of her piano and begins tickling the ivories like she usually does—until hives start to appear all over her body. For a piano virtuoso, your hands are your life. After discovering that the cause of her outbreak was her skincare, Jia Kim began making organic Korean-inspired skincare in her home.
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TED Talks
MARCH 22, 2023
What if you could transform your anxiety into something you can actually use during your work day? Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki shares two evidence-based activities -- breathing and movement -- that can soothe your nervous system and fuel creativity and connection. Want to help shape TED’s shows going forward? Fill out our survey ! Become a TED Member today at [link] Hosted on Acast.
Allwork
MARCH 22, 2023
What’s going on: Amidst widespread protests over his unpopular pension reform, on Wednesday French President Emmanuel Macron shared in a rare TV interview that he wishes for the government to initiate measures to make sure that companies are distributing a larger portion of their profits to their employees. Why it matters: His statements came shortly after he narrowly evaded a no-confidence vote in parliament, according to Reuters. “We have big companies that are in t
Workplace Insight
MARCH 22, 2023
American employees are wasting hundreds of contracted work hours a year using their work equipment for personal tasks and activities, according to a new survey from ExpressVPN. The survey, conducted by the consumer privacy and security company, found that some people are spending only 33 percent of annual contracted hours on work tasks. With a steep rise in hybrid and home working in recent years, many companies have provided employees with work devices to use in the comfort of their own homes,
Success
MARCH 22, 2023
At 27, Keely Cat-Wells has been a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, an advisory board member on Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation and has visited the White House as a participant in the first Mental Health Youth Action Forum. Last year her talent agency, C Talent, was acquired by Whalar in a deal that’s making history as “one of the largest investments ever made in Disabled talent within the creator industry,” according to her profile on RollingStone culture council.
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.
Workplace Insight
MARCH 22, 2023
The UK has seen a significant dip in productivity growth since the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-8, according to a new report from PwC UK. However, this new analysis also highlights sectoral differences in productivity growth, with some sectors performing better than others in recent years. The slowdown in manufacturing productivity is also shown to have played a significant role in the fall in economy-wide productivity, but there is positive sentiment amongst manufacturers, with almost 1 in 5
Success
MARCH 22, 2023
In 1952, the U.S. Air Force published a report, “ The ‘Average Man’? ,” investigating an unexplained increase in fighter jet training mishaps that were resulting in abnormally frequent fatalities and accidents. At the time, the planes were state-of-the-art machines designed to exacting specifications. Everything was considered: pilot error, mechanical error, instructional error.
Workplace Insight
MARCH 22, 2023
More than half (53 percent) of employees in the UK ay they feel overworked, citing factors like reaching their maximum capacity, being spread too thin, or stressing over the threat of additional work – according to a poll from Censuswide, commissioned by Visier. The survey of around 1,000 people claims that young professionals aged 25-34 say they feel most overworked, followed closely by those aged 55+.
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