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Linked: Help Your Team Manage Stress, Anxiety, and Burnout
Once upon a time, we might have been able to say that our responsibility for developing the people who worked for us stopped at the professional level. But as the workplace has become defined not by what we do between 9-5 in an office, but what we do everywhere, at anytime, I think this is…
What’s Next on the Ban List, Curtains?
If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, it seems that some of the things that innocent people might use to protect themselves from bad people, are being threatened by some faulty logic. First, it was social networks and online communication, where all sorts of mean behavior was being blamed on anonymity: After people-rating…
Linked – How the internet flips elections and alters our thoughts
“We are living in a world in which a handful of high-tech companies, sometimes working hand-in-hand with governments, are not only monitoring much of our activity, but are also invisibly controlling more and more of what we think, feel, do and say. The technology that now surrounds us is not just a harmless toy; it…
Linked: How to Build a Rock-Solid Cybersecurity Culture
I find this approach to building awareness around security refreshing, because I’m betting the answers to these questions may not be what you’d expect: “Go ahead — survey a few co-workers with this question,” says Gamblin, a principal security engineer with Kenna Security, as he plants his tongue firmly in his cheek. “Were you satisfied…
Linked – Taking your reading to networking
Kevin raises an interesting point. When I read a good post or article, whether from a blogger, reporter, columnist or business person (lawyers included), I look to meet the person. Online and maybe later, offline. If someone can add value to my life with what they’ve had to say online, maybe there’s something more to…
Linked – Social Media Is Dying
While I would love to end this with a condemnation of venture capitalists and hedge fund managers, I think it’s important to point out that many of us are complicit. Fund managers seeking the best short-term profits for their investments run funds whose shareholders include most of us. When we log in and look at our IRA or 401(k) accounts, we look for how much the value has increased, not what makes the most sense for society. Our account balance looks a little nicer when a company lays off 10,000 employees and the stock price increases.
It’s all entwined. To paraphrase Michael Corleone – “We’re all part of the same hypocrisy.”