Work Notes: Valentines Day and the office
With increased focus on interpersonal relationships in recent months, you might be asking what you can and can’t do on Valentine’s Day in an office…
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Workplace 2018: Consider the clear path
Tim Ferriss spoke to 100 of the world’s best thinkers and doers for his book, Tribe of Mentors, and some of their thoughts grabbed his attention and held…
Robots will take the dirty, dull, and dangerous jobs from humans
New advances in technology, especially automation, often send a bit of a shiver down the backs of many hard working Americans who fear a machine will…
Management Message You Can Use and Change as Needed: Happy New Year
Happy 2018 to everyone A new millennium joke is going around. A fellow is in an existential crisis. He tells his friend: At times like these, I wonder…
Work Notes So much for wide open spaces
It’s an idea that rang true: Open up the office. For thousands of startups and office remodels, egalitarian open offices have been in. No more stuffy…
Management Message You Can Use: Let’s have some fun this holiday!
Wishing you joy and peace! It’s common these days to complain during the holidays about how commercialized the season has become. In fact, complaining…
Robotic distribution spread unevenly
Robots are working in manufacturing but their use is heavily concentrated in the Midwest and upper South, a Brookings Institution study found. The robotic…
How many hours do people actually work?
Since 1938, the official work week has been 40 hours. That was a triumph for workers laboring 12 to 16 hours a day. The labor motto was: 8 hours work; 8…
Pros and Cons of shorter work weeks
Companies have been experimenting with shorter work days for at least a decade and, despite announcements that the 40-hour week is dead, there have been…
Younger workers think work flexibility is a right
Millennials and college students don’t expect to go to work at a desk and stay there. Surveys abound as to younger workers’ beliefs in their workplace…