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What happens to work when the machine stops?

Workplace Insight

In 1909, E M Forster – not exactly known for a body of work including dystopian fiction – published a novella called The Machine Stops. You can read it here but the story describes a future in which people live below ground, in isolation but with all their needs met by an omnipresent Machine (you can see where this is going). People are allowed to travel, but tend not to and instead communicate and share ideas entirely through technology.

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7 Quick Tricks to Sleep Better Tonight

Success

Getting a good night’s sleep is just a dream for a lot of people—and it takes more than counting sheep to not only drift off , but to stay asleep. While there’s certainly no lack of tips and sleep hacks for a solid slumber— get plenty of exercise , keep the bedroom at a cool temperature, drink a warm glass of milk—they’re often as tired as the sleep-deprived people they’re meant to help.

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Improvements are coming to Microsoft Teams

Allwork

What’s going on: Microsoft is gearing up for the launch of a freshly re-constructed version of Microsoft Teams next month, which is optimized to provide more efficient system resource consumption on PCs and laptops. After intensively testing this upgraded Teams client internally, Microsoft has announced plans to make a preview of the new version available to Microsoft Teams users in March.

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Victor Arocho on Creating an Elite Selling Team

Success

The night before he was scheduled to speak to Entrepreneurs’ Organization members, Florida businessman, speaker and coach Victor Arocho felt anxious. The subject was sales, and Arocho feared he had little to offer this smart group of businesspeople. “What am I going to teach a bunch of entrepreneurs, especially in our group?” Arocho recalls thinking.

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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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Remote and hybrid work are associated with higher anxiety and depression

Allwork

What’s going on: The Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI), a non-profit health and productivity research group, investigated the impact of the pandemic on mental health in order to assist employers in comprehending and aiding the psychological health requirements of their staff. Their findings revealed that those working fully remotely (40%) and hybrid (38%) were more likely to experience depression and anxiety symptoms than those working in-person (35%).

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How to Track Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to Maintain Professional Certifications

Eat Your Career

Continuing Education Units (or CEUs) are often required to maintain professional certifications. If you’ve dedicated the time, energy, and attention necessary to obtain your certification, you certainly don’t want to lose it because you didn’t keep up with the requirements. In most cases, if you fail to meet the CEU requirements, you’ll have to requalify for the certification, which may include taking another exam.

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The challenge for office acoustics is to make people feel at home

Workplace Insight

A number of apparent truisms about work and workplaces entered mainstream consciousness in the wake of the pandemic, and the shift to more flexible and hybrid working cultures. One of them is that people are better off carrying out focussed, quiet work at home, and creative and collaborative work in the office. And that this might suggest our approach to office acoustics would shift in particular ways.

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The massive machines cleaning Earth's atmosphere | Jan Wurzbacher

TED Talks

To restrain global warming, we know we need to drastically reduce pollution. The very next step after that: using both natural and technological solutions to trap as much excess carbon dioxide from the air as possible. Enter Orca, the world's first large-scale direct air capture and storage plant, built in Iceland by the team at Climeworks, led by climate entrepreneur Jan Wurzbacher.

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Most US employees don’t believe remote working colleagues are really working

Workplace Insight

Only 24 percent of people trust their remote working colleagues to get work done from home, according to a new poll from Envoy. However, the latest edition of its Return to the Workplace survey also suggests that 94 percent of workers believe their managers trust them to do their work from anywhere, home or the office. And the older the worker, the greater the confidence they have in expressing such a belief.

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How To 10x Your Email List This Year Using Social Media

Jennie Lyon

Email marketing is one of the most effective ways to reach and engage with your target audience. You need a solid email list, and social media can be a powerful tool if you’re looking to increase your list. In this episode, I’ll show you how to 10x your email list using exclusive strategies and expert… The post How To 10x Your Email List This Year Using Social Media appeared first on Jennie Lyon Digital Marketing Services Inc.

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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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It’s coming along! Next up: a happy green.

Denise Aday

It’s coming along! Next up: a happy green.

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FUTURE Designs to showcase carbon careful at Workspace Design Show

Workplace Insight

FUTURE Designs will highlight the Carbon Careful Initiative during the upcoming Workspace Design Show, demonstrating its expertise and commitment to the refurbishment and reuse of existing luminaire carcasses to increase the sustainability of commercial premises. Find out more about the FUTURE Designs Carbon Careful Initiative at stand GB45 at the Workspace Design Show 27-28th February at the Business Design Centre, Islington, London.

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The Importance of Finding Your ‘Why’ and How to Make It Happen

Success

What’s your ‘why’? When I ask my students why they want to start their own businesses , the most common responses are, “I want to change the world!” and “I want to help as many people as possible!” But while I’m sure the desire to be of service factors in for many of my students, it’s rarely what’s really driving their decision to give notice. And that’s just fine.

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The Million Dollar-Mistake Businesses In California Cannot Afford To Make: Compliance Deadline Approaching!

Allwork

California’s Civil Rights Department has released new guidance on SB 1162 pay data reporting. For California employers, this bill creates a long to-do list: calculate the mean and median hourly salary rates, meet the new deadline for filing pay data reports, learn the new separate requirement for labor contractors, and understand noncompliance penalties.

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The Hidden Skills That Separate Good Leaders from Great Ones

Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC

Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult