Month: October 2020

  • Shared Links (weekly) Oct. 11, 2020

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

    World Mental Health Day: Leaders Must Prioritize The Whole Wellbeing Of Employees

    eDiscovery Market Trends That Can No Longer Be Ignored

    Securing Your WordPress Installation

    FBI Warning: Using Hotel Wireless Networks is Risky

    How to Recognize if Your Colleague is Struggling

    Mental health days. Meeting-free times. Companies are adding new benefits to help workers cope

    Looking back at the International Panel at Relativity Fest

    Microsoft announces new initiatives to promote cybersecurity awareness

    Facebook Introduces Mental Health Resource Hub

    How To Blog Effectively Every Time

    How to talk about mental health with your boss

    The Case for Native, I Swear

  • There Seems to be A Disconnect Between Management and Employees, Again.

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 4 minutes

    Specifically, as this article points out, companies seem to think they’re doing a bang-up job supporting their employees during all of this forced work-from-home stuff, and pandemic fears, but employees don’t seem to agree: Nearly three-quarters of managers in the survey say they’re helping their staff learn skills to work in a new way. But…

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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…

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    Linked: Your Data Is Discriminating…Against You

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 2 minutes

    I think this is really interesting, because the more information about you there is, the more reasons someone can find to either rule against you, or to do more investigation into you. Which leads to more information about you being available, and round and round we go. “That is in part because algorithms are made…

  • Shared Links (weekly) Oct. 4, 2020

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

    How To Be A Better Public Speaker Tips From Toastmasters World Champion

    How to Help Frazzled Employees Refuel for Another Stretch of Uncertainty

    The Mental Health Challenges For Workers During COVID

    All The Things You Want To Know About Ediscovery But Are Too Afraid To Ask

    Legalweek Makes It Official: It’s Going Virtual – Not to Mention Free and Extended

    Negotiating with Ransomware Gangs

    Five Great Reads on eDiscovery for September 2020

    The Social Dilemma Manipulates You With Misinformation As It Tries To Warn You Of Manipulation By Misinformation

    – Everyone has an agenda, EVERYONE.

    Best Tech Podcasts | Favorite Tech or Business Podcasts — AAW Authors

    UHS hospitals hit by reported country-wide Ryuk ransomware attack

    Research shows what inclusive leaders look like

    45% of women business leaders say it’s difficult for women to speak up in virtual meetings

  • Why The Lies Matter

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 4 minutes

    According to this Psychology Today article, they matter because we are completely incapable of ignoring them. Even when we know something isn’t true, it still impacts our thought processes because our brains cannot unlearn information we take in. The example from the article is a good place to start: Now imagine this scenario: You are…