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How to stay optimistic but avoid toxic positivity

Fast Company Tech

Those with toxic positivity may also try to impose their attitudes on othersto the annoyance of those around them. Also avoid imposing your attitudes on others. In a study of over 70,000 people researchers from Boston University surveyed respondents about their optimism and compared it to their health data, over a 10 to 30 year period.

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Tired of ‘Zoom University’? So is edtech

TechCrunch

The rise of “Zoom University” was only possible because edtech wasn’t ready to address the biggest opportunity of the past year: remote learning at scale. million in October to bring digital learning to college universities. million in financing led by Boston Seed Capital.

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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

At the same time we have several culturally-driven attitudes holding us back. We have three universities in the top 100 of the Shanghai ranking for engineering and technology. Think of Stanford and Sandhill road in Silicon Valley, Route 128 in Boston or IIT in Bangalore India. So is the Dutch tech startup story sold short?

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Rapid Realignment Teaches Leaders How To Adapt And Stay Focused

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Corporate culture is the product of four dynamically related components : attitudes, beliefs, values, and behavior. The fastest and most effective way to change attitudes and beliefs is to change people's behavior and show them the beneficial results of the new behavior. Rosansky is co-founder and president of LHR International, Inc.

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How Managers Can Better Support And Retain Millennial Colleagues

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Over 60 percent of millennials leave their company in under three years,” explains Elizabeth McLeod , a Millennial and cum laude grad of Boston University. If it becomes clear that being lazy and uninspired is all you need to keep your job, it will quickly become the default attitude around the office.

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How Managers Can Better Support And Retain Their Millennial Colleagues

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Over 60 percent of millennials leave their company in under three years,” explains Elizabeth McLeod , a Millennial and cum laude grad of Boston University. If it becomes clear that being lazy and uninspired is all you need to keep your job, it will quickly become the default attitude around the office.

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Creature Comfort: Where are the Couches in Museums?

Museum 2.0

In 2003, Steve completed his master’s thesis in universal design (UD) in science museums, and has spent several years working on both UD and more general ergonomic design issues with museums. At the Boston MFA, they are building in seating as an integral part of each gallery design. Why are museums so darn uncomfortable?

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