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Branding Brilliance: Harnessing Community Power to Elevate Your Coworking Space

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Coworking spaces will play an important part in the future of work by offering collaborative environments that are simultaneously adaptable and flexible. On our Future of Work podcast, coworking expert Cat Johnson discussed the importance of brand community in the coworking industry and establishing a clear vision for your coworking brand. If you’re struggling with fostering a sense of community within your coworking space or want to understand the future of work in relation to brand commu

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The Best Guided Sleep Meditations to Help You Fall Asleep & Wake Up Refreshed

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You need a good night’s sleep to function properly. But too often, our minds race at bedtime and our bodies remain tense. Choosing the best time to sleep can help you wake up feeling refreshed and optimize your daily habits. Still, battling a restless mind and insomnia isn’t easy. Guided sleep meditations provide a solution to help you fall asleep faster and wake up refreshed.

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Is Portugal’s Housing Market the Unintended Victim of a Digital Nomad Boom?

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What’s going on: Portugal is facing a severe housing crisis, largely as an unintended consequence of government measures to attract foreign investment. Deregulation, “golden visas,” tax-saving schemes for foreigners, and the digital nomad visa have distorted the Portuguese housing market — leading to rental prices that are disproportionately high compared to the average salaries of locals, according to The Guardian.

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Move Aside, Great Resignation—The ‘Big Stay’ Is Here, and Employees Are Staying Put

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Everyone was quitting. Employers were struggling with retention and having to adapt with cutting-edge strategies, offerings and salaries to stay afloat. But the tides have changed. Now, the new future-of-work buzzword is a little less edgy than its predecessors: the Big Stay is all about, well, staying put. The rate of Americans quitting their jobs is down “5% from the prior period, and more than double that from the same period a year ago,” according to the ADP Research Institute.

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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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Cat Johnson Founder of Cat Johnson Co | Creating Connections and Success in Coworking

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Guest Episode Video Transcript Cat Johnson Founder of Cat Johnson Co Meet Cat Johnson, a forerunner in content strategy and brand community engagement within the coworking industry. She has built an impressive reputation for transforming workspaces into thriving communities, making her a laudable authority on the topic. The founder of Co Working Convos, Cat regularly hosts enlightening discussions that equip coworking space operators with the necessary tools to cultivate an engaging atmosphere.

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Why the Right Executive Assistant is Crucial to a CEO or Founder’s Success

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No matter your position in the organization, the one thing you have in common with every single employee is that we all have 24 hours in a day. We may all have different jobs but that gift of 24 hours is the same for everyone. As a C-Suite executive, how you use those 24 hours is one of the key factors determining the success of the organization you lead.

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The beauty of building with mud and trash | Vinu Daniel

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What if we could use waste to create resilient and sustainable buildings? Bringing out the beauty of the dirt beneath our feet, climate-responsive architect Vinu Daniel shares how he and his team are giving local and discarded materials (think: mud, plastic and used tires) a second life by using them to create dreamlike homes, schools and other public spaces.

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When Too Much Talk Turns Toxic

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The average employee spends a little over half of their time communicating via emails, meetings and chats. Communicating with ease was meant to promote productivity and connection, not hinder them — so balance is key. When communication turns into constant interruptions and distractions, it hampers productivity. It’s crazy to think that too much communication could cause problems, since sometimes it feels like people don’t communicate with each other enough.

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Best practice for maintaining an agile workforce through upskilling

Workplace Insight

Workforces need to evolve now more than ever. A report from the World Economic Forum claims that around a quarter of jobs will shift in the next five years. Its ‘Future of Jobs Report for 2023’ notes that though an estimated 69 million new jobs will be created, another 83 million will be eliminated. A few factors contributing to creating and eliminating jobs are macro trends—such as a rise in sustainability efforts among businesses, the localisation of supply chains, high inflation, and slower

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Gen Z Graduates Prefer Remote and Hybrid Models

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What’s going on: A study conducted by NinjaOne reveals that 55% of Gen Z graduates from the class of 2023 prefer remote or hybrid work models. The study is based on a national online survey conducted with 1,000 Gen Z Americans between the ages of 22 and 25. The survey results also demonstrate that access to modern IT tools, fast problem resolutions, and flexibility in work are among the top priorities for this generation.

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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 many fingers am I holding up?

Workplace Insight

Quoting George Orwell is the kind of thing that people who haven’t read Orwell do. The term Orwellian is used by people who have not only not read him, but have latched on to some laundered idea of the themes of his work. They are not only misrepresenting him, but misrepresenting a misrepresentation. If it were true that the dead could spin in their graves, Orwell would solve the world’s energy crisis.

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Are Employers Putting the Brakes on Salary Increases in 2024?

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What’s going on: Payscale Inc., a compensation management firm, released its eighth annual Salary Budget Survey (SBS). The report predicts that average pay increases in 2024 will be 3.8% in the United States, with some states and industries seeing higher increases. Despite a cooling labor market, a high number of organizations (78% in the U.S., 81% in Canada) anticipate their salary budgets in 2024 to increase or remain the same as 2023.

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Gender Gap in Banking Leadership Remains High

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What’s going on: An analysis by Reuters revealed that while Europe’s 25 largest banks remain 96% male-led, there has been a slight increase in the gender balance within broader executive management teams, growing from 25.6% in 2022 to 30.6% in 2023. Despite this progress, the departure of one of the most prominent female leaders in European banking is seen as a setback.

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These are the Jobs Most at Risk from AI

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What’s going on: Artificial intelligence (AI) tools, like ChatGPT, are increasingly being incorporated into the workforce, and the potential impact on jobs remains in the spotlight. A recent analysis by Pew Research Center found that 19% of American workers hold jobs that are highly exposed to AI — where key tasks could be replaced or assisted by AI.

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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

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Half of U.S. Workforce Eyeing New Opportunities Next Year

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What’s going on: A recent survey conducted by Robert Half revealed that nearly half of the workforce (49%) is actively looking for a new job or planning to start a job search by the end of the year. This is a 3% increase from the rate in December 2022. The study found that the groups most likely to seek a career change are Gen Zers, technology professionals, working parents, and employees who have been at their companies for 2-4 years, according to Investopedia.