Mental Health

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    Linked: How to switch off and relax after work: 13 easy ideas

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 2 minutes

    I’ve seen these, and I’m sure you have as well.

    “As many a viral tweet has rightly pointed out, it’s more like we’re living at work than working from home – and the pressure of that can have real implications for our mental health.

    With this in mind then, prioritising a work/life balance – and actually sticking to it – is one of the best things we can do to look after our wellbeing at this time. And one of the main parts of achieving that work/life balance is being able to switch off from work in the first place. “

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    A Completely Non-Scientific View of Mental Health Stigma in the Workplace

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 4 minutes

    A little over a week ago, I came clean on my other blog, and social media. I admitted that I’m just really not OK.

    If you’ve read the post, then you also know that when I mention mental health stigma, I’m not really talking about what happened with my workplace. No, that was exactly what I would want to happen. But, what I noticed was what happened kind of out in public, after the fact.

  • Shared Links (weekly) Jan. 17, 2021

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

    Spirited ESI Search Arguments

    What’s in a Name (or Hash Value)?

    Ultimate Guide to Mental Health in the Workplace

    Social media managers grapple with burnout, leaving the industry

    Networking Tips for Business Professionals Working Remotely

    Where does the cybersecurity skills gap stem from and what can businesses do to overcome it?

    Client Portals Are Now an Essential Service for Law Firms to Offer

    The New Battles to Come Over Working From Home

    How to Support Your Remote Teams’ Mental Health in 2021 and Beyond

    5 Online Learning Platforms to Help Bolster your Resume

    New Microsoft Teams Features for 2021

  • Linked: How to set clear work boundaries — and stick to them

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

    I really like the ideas in this article, but obviously this is the one that is going to most resonate with many of us right now:

    “Working remotely requires a heightened consciousness to make space for ourselves in and around work. We need to have careful conversations with our coworkers to ensure that our boundaries are understood and respected.”

  • Shared Links (weekly) Jan. 10, 2021

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

    Don’t Let Ephemeral Messaging Apps Blow Up Your Ediscovery Matter

    Stress In The Workplace: Three takes for you to consider

    Saying a Production is Incomplete Does Not Make it True

    Mini-guide to help employee’s mental health through winter

    Whoops…Fabricated Text Messages Discovered

    Relativity acquires VerQu to capture communication data

    Announcing the 2021 State of the Industry Report!

    How to Protect and Empower Kids Online: An Interview with Wired Human

    What’s on the Horizon for Law Firms in 2021?

    Remembering those the Legal Tech Community Lost in 2020

    The ‘rise of the worker’ is here, and employees are calling the shots

  • Shared Links (weekly) Jan. 3, 2021

    ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

    Working all the time isn’t the same thing as productivity

    Section 230: everything you need to know about the law protecting internet speech

    Will Remote Work Be the End of the 40-Hour Week?

    Here We Go Again? A Running Listing of eDiscovery Events in 2021

    The most important blog post

    Ways to build business relationships remotely

    16 Ideas to Implement in Your Professional and Personal Relationships in 2021

    Further Lessons in NOT Producing Discovery as PDFs

    6 ways tech can combat loneliness and boost mental health during the holidays

    iOS Privacy Changes Won’t Harm Small Businesses, Despite Facebook’s Claims

    You May See More PTSD Symptoms In Your Employees