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The surprising reason you feel ‘meh’ about work 

Fast Company Tech

It might not be the work itself, though. The proximal experiences that you have in the day to day of your workplace are what predict your general overall sentiments about your work, says Sawyer, who is an associate professor of management and organizations at the University of Arizonas Eller College of Management.

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This magical California camp is designed by—and for—visually impaired people

Fast Company Tech

The camp was originally designed in the early 1900s for people with sight, but it has become a beloved retreat for the blind and visually-impaired for the last 75 years. This is an experience and a property that reflects that it was created by and for blind people.

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Overqualified and underchallenged? Here’s how to make it work

Fast Company Tech

Cultivate cross-departmental relationships The strategy I’ve seen transform this situation for many people time and time again is to cultivate relationships across departmental lines deliberately. Start by identifying colleagues in different teams whose work interests you. Motivation isn’t one-size-fits-all.

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This is how and when you should show vulnerability at work

Fast Company Tech

Encouraging vulnerability In my work as a facilitator of the Stanford Graduate School of Businesss popular organizational behavior elective, Interpersonal Dynamics (nicknamed touchy feely) we encourage MBA students to experiment with sharing vulnerability in small groups of peers.

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It’s possible to work across differences: Here’s how 

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While theres little doubt that Americans today are divided, most of us support working with those who hold different beliefs. We know that for this work to continue, more organizations need to know how to implement it. As people experienced the work in their own training groups, they became more willing to engage across bigger divides.

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Fantastic Work! LA County Fires

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Join us in congratulating the organizations and volunteers who worked efficiently and effectively during the recent recovery efforts in Los Angeles County. Plus, more than 180,000 people reviewed the information deployed through Visionlink's systems for CADRE, VOAD, and other partner organizations.

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Scam work centers along Thai border still have up to 100,000 people, despite multinational crackdown

Fast Company Tech

Despite a weeks-long multinational crackdown , scam centres along the Thai- Myanmar border are still operating with up to 100,000 people working there, the top police general leading Thailand’s operations against the fraud compounds told Reuters. Jason Tower, an analyst with the U.S. Jason Tower, an analyst with the U.S.

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