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How managers can reassure employees amid the threat of layoffs

Fast Company Tech

While not as rewarding as certainty, this sense of clarity sets peoples expectations, which creates a calming sense of predictability in the brain. For instance, even if people dont know if theyll have a job next month, having the clarity theyll find out in two weeks is easier to deal with than waking up each day wondering if todays the day.

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It’s commendable, but after four years of recession and the likelihood that you generously added social media to your already packed job description without compensation, it’s not sustainable and being overworked and underpaid will only lead to burnout and resentment. In 2013, keep these two words at the forefront of your mind.

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The myth of the brainstorming session: The best ideas don’t always come from meetings

The Next Web

What goes on in your brain during a group brainstorming session. Since most meetings include a manager, boss, or someone in a position of power, there’s a chance that presenting a bad idea, may make you look like you’re not smart and perhaps unworthy of your job. Extroverts take center stage. Groups hate scary ideas.

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How clutter affects your productivity (and what you can do about it)

The Next Web

The part of the job I loved the most was working on product with our design team and clients. But the reality is, you probably made a mistake in buying those things and it literally hurts your brain to come to terms with that fact. Clutter’s impact on your brain. When your brain has too much on its plate, it splits its power up.

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Meet the self-driving brains working with Volkswagen and Ford

The Verge

I didn’t happen to listen to Austin’s — you’re doing a great job, by the way. There’s a lot of confusion there, so what, in your mind, beyond just, “Can you sleep in it?” Is it hands off, mind off, or not? Is it hands off, mind off, or not? Put your mind away. Decoder is the hottest podcast in town, man.

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Grow the Human Skills: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication

.orgSource

It’s certain that jobs, which are ubiquitous in the current economy, will disappear in the same way that file clerks and gas station attendants have vanished. According to a study from Goldman Sachs, “Generative AI tools could impact 300 million full-time jobs worldwide, which could lead to a significant disruption in the job market.”

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The surprising reason we have a 40-hour work week (and why we should rethink it)

The Next Web

The thinking is that as long as you put in a set amount of time working (usually at least eight hours or more) you will do well at your job and be successful. When you get a job, usually part or all of your pay is based on hours worked. Night owls vs. early birds. Early risers awoke between 5AM-6AM while late risers awoke at noon.

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