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Linked: Coronavirus: Managers impressed by workers’ productivity at home
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Linked: Coronavirus: Managers impressed by workers’ productivity at home

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It’s a UK survey, but the results do not surprise me. “A survey of more than 1,000 UK office workers by Hoxby, a virtual agency and consultancy firm, also suggests managers have been pleasantly surprised by teams’ performance from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. 52% of leaders said workers had even been more productive than…

What’s Your Definition of What a Job Should Be?

What’s Your Definition of What a Job Should Be?

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That’s it. I know there are some who will tell you that they are passionate about their work, and they “never work a day in my life”. Good for them, but we have to start admitting that is a very small, select, group of people in a very small, select number of jobs. There are not billions of jobs out there like that for everyone to just go get. There are not even millions of them. Maybe I’m not going to change the world by doing just interesting work with people I don’t hate. That’s OK because I have the time to change the world in my own little way when I’m not working instead.

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Linked – How to Network

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“Networking may not seem all that important in the crush of the daily to-do list, until you need a network to call on. Then, it may well be too late. The day-to-day work of networking is a solid way to stay connected with your big picture plans even as you take smaller steps toward realizing…

Linked: US Customs Loses Photos, Travel Docs, and License Plate Data in Breach
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Linked: US Customs Loses Photos, Travel Docs, and License Plate Data in Breach

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This is not a good look, and it’s reason #1 why we should be questioning the need to capture and store all of this data in the first place. It’s nearly impossible to keep it totally secured, but it also seems like they aren’t even trying that hard. “US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has…

Is It a Career, A Job, or Does It Even Matter?

Is It a Career, A Job, or Does It Even Matter?

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I caught the headline of this article about a Careebuilder survey that says half of employees view their current situation as “just a job”, and my immediate reaction was that I didn’t see a problem with that. TechRepublic obviously doesn’t agree with me, since the rest of that article talks about the risk of turnover…

Linked – Pixar Studios Offers Free Storytelling Lessons Online
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Linked – Pixar Studios Offers Free Storytelling Lessons Online

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

Storytelling is a big part of training and public speaking. Who better to get some tips from than Pixar? “Currently only Lesson 1 is online, but others will follow throughout the year. Even if you do not desire to make an animated film, the lessons — especially those related to structure and visual language coming…

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