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Office Productivity Falls In The Afternoon

The Horizons Tracker

A study conducted at the Texas A&M School of Public Health utilized an innovative data collection approach to examine the productivity patterns of office workers. The findings demonstrated a notable decline in productivity during the latter parts of the workday and week. ”

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Reimagining Technology and Shared Prosperity: AI’s Impact on Economy and Democracy

The Horizons Tracker

In an era of technological advancement, it is crucial to question who benefits from these innovations. Drawing parallels between the past and present, Johnson and Acemoglu highlight that technology has long played a role in shaping prosperity.

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Healing Our Workplaces through Cultures of Connection

Michael Lee Stallard

The harmful consequences of a society that lacks social connection can be felt in our schools, workplaces, and civic organizations, where performance, productivity, and engagement are diminished,” writes U.S. Behaviors are both learned from and reinforced by the groups we participate in and the communities we are a part of.

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Workplace Gossip | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Let me cut right to the chase – real leaders don’t participate in gossip, and likewise they don’t tolerate gossip from others. While the emotional distress associated with gossip can be dealt with fairly easily, the political discord that can erupt in an organization can be nothing short of disastrous.

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Leading Question: Are You a Barrier Buster?

The Practical Leader

They call it “addition sickness; the unnecessary rules, procedures, communication tools, and roles that seem to inexorably grow, stifling productivity and creativity.” ” At first participants were reluctant to say much. ” I think it’s deeper and more pernicious than sickness. It’s an addiction.

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Top 5 LinkedIn Skills Courses – How to Work Remotely With Their Use

HR Digest

These courses are free for LinkedIn members and are taught by some best-selling authors and renowned productivity consultants from around the globe. The objectives of the course include: Describing the ideal home setup for efficient productivity when working remotely. Working mechanism of distant politics. Working Remotely.

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How Testbeds Can Help Us To Co-Create The Future

The Horizons Tracker

The late Clayton Christensen famously highlighted that consumers are not buying our product as much as they are hiring it to complete a particular job. Bunkered away in R&D labs they often fall into the trap of focusing almost exclusively on the technology they’re developing rather than on the customer need it should be meeting.