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How routines and boredom can spark creativity

Workplace Insight

The reasoning behind all of this is very simple according to Mason Currey the author of 2013’s Daily Rituals – How Artists Work and the follow up Daily Rituals: Women at Work: How Great Women Make Time, Find Inspiration, and Get to Work and backs up the assertions of both Roald Dahl and Twyla Tharp and a host of other creatives who can be found on (..)

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How We Can Increase Women’s Engagement in Leadership and Management

Bonnie Low-Kramen

The date was March 12, 2013 and the book is Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg who was COO of Facebook at the time. Women can be assertive, and they are accused of being aggressive. Can you share a story or explain why it resonated with you so much? The book is close by me right now, dog-eared, and filled with highlighter and sticky notes.

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Commercial real estate lending hits ten year low

Workplace Insight

New lending for commercial real estate fell 33 per cent last year to its lowest level since 2013, according to the latest bi-annual report from Bayes Business School, (formerly Cass). Some lenders are more assertively protecting their positions on defaulted loans. Dr Lux expects that will cause ongoing stress in the market.

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