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Work-From-Home Burnout and Zoom Fatigue is a Lot More Complex Than You Think

Lead Change Blog

Combining my expertise in emotional and social intelligence with research on the specific problems of working from home during COVID, I’ve untangled these two concepts into a series of factors: Deprivation of our basic human need for meaning and purpose. Deprivation of our basic human need for connection. Conclusion.

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The Toxic Leader

N2Growth Blog

Yet rather than being weeded out, they seem to survive and thrive in an institutional ethic that values by choosing short term greed over longer-term value and culture. One, let’s call him the ‘seagull’, has produced great performance short term by moving in changing everything, slashing costs and people, then leaving.

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What Role Does Energy Use Play In Life Expectancy?

The Horizons Tracker

The study found that while energy usage and life expectancy were indeed correlated at specific points in time, this connection dissipated over the long-term. The link appears to be far stronger in terms of economic growth, with the research finding that 90% of the growth in GDP could be attributed to higher energy usage.

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Are We Likely To Work Only 50% Of The Time In The Office?

The Horizons Tracker

hours each day, with most respondents feeling positive about this in terms of how it supports their work. From the three psychological basic human needs – autonomy, competence and connection – the latter is most under pressure when people work home for such a long period of time as during the corona crisis,” the researchers say.

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Study Suggests Global North Still Appropriates Wealth From South

The Horizons Tracker

Campaigners have long argued that the wealth of the global North has been based on the appropriation of resources and labor from the global South, but often this hypothesis has focused on things such as slavery and colonies. The researchers argue that these raw materials are not compensated in equivalent terms via trade.

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America’s Loneliness Epidemic: A Hidden Systemic Risk to Organizations

Michael Lee Stallard

From a biological standpoint, social connection is a primal human need. While it is a term we often hear, it is difficult to fully comprehend the far-reaching psychological and physiological consequences associated with stress. The danger is that this may lead to developing addiction. The Role of Chronic Stress.

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It’s called human resources for a reason

ReImagine Work

About 7 years into my IT career I realized I didn’t love the technology enough to excel over the long haul. Projects could be more successful and deliver more quickly if we treated people like human beings. I didn’t like creating more work for them that was not related to developing the next new thing. So, let’s clarify.