Linked – We Learn More When We Learn Together
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Linked – We Learn More When We Learn Together

“As employers’ training and development investments wane, we all have to take charge of our development. You can amplify opportunities for growth and learning by cultivating high-quality connections. Look for them inside and outside your team at work and beyond the boundaries of your organization, or even outside your professional life. The great thing about…

Linked – The business case against overtime
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Linked – The business case against overtime

“A long workday hides many hidden costs. It’s a fallacy to assume that the longer employees work, the more they’ll produce. “Working hours and outcome do not correlate,” Komuro says. In fact, she has observed precisely the reverse relationship among some of her hardest charging clients. As employees scaled back their hours, managers were surprised…

Linked – How To Demotivate Your Employees
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Linked – How To Demotivate Your Employees

“So, what’s causing all of this demotivation and downright unhappiness? This is indeed an extremely pressing question that all top companies should be asking themselves. Here at Netguru we make identifying the causes of demotivation one of our topmost considerations, and we’re happy to pass on what we’ve learned.” I’ve seen all of these at…

Lying Liars and the Lies We Spread – A Roundup
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Lying Liars and the Lies We Spread – A Roundup

I’ve been hanging on to a couple of articles recently that talk about some of the misinformation that gets spread online. Specifically, not just that the information is false, but that we don’t really seem to care. For example, did you know that the Washington Posts “What Was Fake on the Internet This Week” column…

Linked – After Spending Time As Surveillance Subjects, Intelligence Oversight Committee Suddenly Performing Some Oversight

“Once again, it appears the only way to make our nation’s intelligence oversight committees care about surveillance is to include them in the “fun.” Unfortunately, our elected officials aren’t any better than most Americans. It’s all fun and games to violate the privacy, or prevent the practice of free speech, or other Constitutional freedoms when…

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Linked – LastPass Adds Feature to Unlock Your Vault When You Die

” You define e-mail address(es) for those you trust and a timeout period. Should something happen to you, the person identified can send a request to access your LastPass vault. LastPass then contacts the owner to make sure everything is okay and starts the timer. If the owner of the vault doesn’t respond to LastPass…