This Week’s Links (weekly)

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Linked – Facebook rolls out code to nullify Adblock Plus’ workaround again

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

This is like Cold War stuff. When do we reach mutually assured destruction? For the record, I use an ad blocker. Not because I don’t appreciate that many of the tools and sites I enjoy need to make money somehow, but because in the process of doing so, too many are making use of insecure…

Linked: How to Stop Depression from Sabotaging Your Career
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Linked: How to Stop Depression from Sabotaging Your Career

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 2 minutes

You would think, after everything we’ve been through this year with COVID-19, racial justice issues, a dysfunctional election, and natural disasters, maybe, just maybe this wouldn’t still be the case, but I’m afraid for many workers, this is totally true: “In my opinion, productivity is given undue importance, while burnout is largely ignored in the…

The things I’ve seen

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

This looks interesting: We’re calling it Dabble, with emphasis on the Db: it’s a database system for dabblers. We’d naturally be happy if professional developers, DBAs, and business analysts find our system useful, but we won’t be satisfied until we have something that works for everyone in the millions of small businesses and teams for…

Linked: How to Survive Constant Change at Work
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Linked: How to Survive Constant Change at Work

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 2 minutes

The interesting thing to think about is not just in regards to your own managers. This extends out to clients, partners, customers, etc. When they are allowed to constantly shift the goalposts and your response to your employees on the front lines of those relationships is “eh, you know how they are”, consider the fact that you are not keeping them safe. It’s not just an irritation, it’s creating an environment that is not psychologically safe for them. It is doing harm.

This gets old, and as the quote above says, it contributes to a loss of trust and cynicism. It might also lead to a ton of burnout too.

What I’m Sharing (weekly)

What I’m Sharing (weekly)

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

Facial Recognition Is Tech’s Biggest Mistake Mental Health Is Still a ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Subject at Work The True Meaning of eDiscovery Day Tainted Data Can Teach Algorithms the Wrong Lessons DDoS: An Underestimated Threat Tim Berners-Lee launches Google and Facebook-backed plan to fix the web Everyone’s Watching You Online: How to Fight Back…

Linked: Here’s the One Step Some Companies Are Taking to Support Better Mental Health
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Linked: Here’s the One Step Some Companies Are Taking to Support Better Mental Health

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

One way that I can see this being helpful that wouldn’t require much effort at all is to have a group of people who have been in touch with your EAP and navigated the maze that it can be, available to talk with other employees and assist them with that process. That can be the simplest, and yet most effective, way to start peer-to-peer support. There is much more that can be offered but if you’re struggling to know where to start, that can be one option.

However, to even get there we need to stop the secrecy, shame, and stigma surrounding mental health.

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