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Brookings 2019 Trends to Watch

Small Business Labs

They recently released a report with their 2019 Trends to Watch. The trend is listed first in the Biggest Policy Trends in 2019 section of the report. In our work we regularly see examples of how our policy makers and government agencies can't keep up with the speed of technological change.  This is a scary assessment.

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Scientific American's Top Emerging Technologies of 2019

Small Business Labs

Scientific American's describes their Top 10 Emerging Technologies Of 2019 as "World-changing technologies that are poised to rattle the status quo."  It's a great list and hard to argue these technologies won't have a big impact. But you could easily argue about when "one day soon" will be.

2019 143
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Boo! The Scary, Frustrating Reality of Candidate Ghosting

Allwork

According to a survey by Indeed, 28% of job seekers have ghosted an employer — up from only 18% in 2019. . According to a survey by Indeed, 28% of job seekers have ghosted an employer — up from only 18% in 2019. Ghosting used to be a complaint of job searchers, but now it seems candidates are ghosting prospective employers, too. .

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When It Come to Employee Mental Health, These 10 Companies Are Setting the Example

Success

The Wait Until 8th movement is all about community,” says founder Brooke Shannon in a 2019 interview with Institute for Family Studies. “We But some companies are continuing to push to improve the lives of their employees or their clients as innovators in the future of mental health. here’s an app, fix yourself!”

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Hybrid working may just be a kink in the road to something better

Workplace Insight

We invented hybrid working when we didn’t need to. In 2019, we knew that offices were half empty, but organisations just went along with that inefficiency and most offices were best described as adequate. There had been a shift towards flexible working since the late 1980s, implemented patchily, but codified into law as a right.

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Apple’s Customer Loyalty Continues to Thrive Despite Sluggish Demand for iPhone 16

Success

For instance, Bloomberg analyst Mark Gurman noted that there’s been a noticeable lag in the redesign of the iPhone series ever since former chief design officer Jony Ive and his team left the company in 2019. Almost half a decade later, the iPhone has mostly stayed the same. in October via a beta update.

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How to Break Bad Habits by Replacing Them

Success

Some say it takes 30 days, some say it takes many months, but a 2019 survey found that it takes an average of 66 days to change a habit. It wasn’t until the third month that reading started to feel more natural and enjoyable,” Jain says. But what if you don’t know how to break bad habits?

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