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JULY 31, 2024

Traditional offices prioritized process, hierarchy, and task-oriented workflows, with spaces assigned based on title and status. Modern offices emphasize purpose, belonging, and community, promoting wellness, culture, and engagement to better accommodate employees’ evolving work needs. Creating a people-centric workplace boosts employee engagement, which leads to lower turnover, higher retention, and increased productivity and revenue for organizations.

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JULY 31, 2024

Employee training can often feel dull and tedious, especially if you are working remotely and doing it in a vacuum. Reading long documents and watching endless lectures on video just isn’t cutting it anymore. Instead, many companies are turning to gamification to spice up professional development. British computer programmer Nick Pelling is credited with coining the term in 2002.

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JULY 31, 2024

Hybrid working is now commonplace for most white-collar workers, but an increasing number of workers are coming into the office during the week. The flexible workspaces of today are beautiful and amenity-rich, with fitness studios and outdoor spaces popular offerings to entice people back into the office. Local workspaces are meeting the demand for working near home, including coworking in pubs, cafes, and business parks.

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JULY 31, 2024

Cultures from around the world can inform and inspire us about how to live our best lives. From Spain’s “siesta” to Japan’s “shinrin-yoku” to Denmark’s “hygge,” these approaches have caught on around the world. The latest to keep an eye on is “friluftsliv” (pronounced free-loofts-liv), which means “open-air life” and can be considered hygge’s outdoorsy cousin, according to Linda Åkeson McGurk, author of The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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JULY 31, 2024

Commercial real estate is in the middle of a large downturn marked by record foreclosures and property seizures of struggling office buildings. The Wall Street Journal reports lenders are now seizing control of distressed commercial properties at the highest rate in nearly a decade. It’s reported that in the second quarter of this year, the total value of foreclosed and seized office buildings, apartments, and other commercial properties reached a staggering $20.5 billion — a 13% increase fro

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JULY 31, 2024

In 2012, Simone Ross landed her first C-suite position. One morning, she got ready for work, selecting a stylish orange dress, pairing it with orange lipstick and leaving her natural curls down. She felt confident and ready to take on the day. But then, she wavered. Her daring fashion style reflected her character, but not that of an executive. She looked far from the demure, composed executives that she knew.

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JULY 31, 2024

In this episode, I sit down with Paul Austin to dive into the intriguing world of microdosing psychedelics. We explore the potential benefits and risks, the historical and modern connections between psychedelics and technological innovation, and the broader implications for productivity and creativity in the workplace. Microdosing has become a hot topic, and Paul provides insights into how substances like psilocybin mushrooms and LSD can enhance performance, heal trauma, and boost creativity.

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JULY 31, 2024

International designer and manufacturer of commercial and hospitality textiles, Camira, has introduced the ‘Colour Manifesto’ to aid interior design professionals in specifying fabrics. Created in partnership with colour futures studio, Luminary Colour , the ‘Colour Manifesto’ features four distinctive colour palettes, alongside evocative lifestyle photography, to inspire architects and designers with the latest colour insights.

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JULY 31, 2024

Spain has once again emerged in a study as the leading destination for digital nomads. Within a year after launching its official digital nomad visa , the European country has become an international hotspot for remote workers looking for a change of scenery — offering an attractive policy to foreigners that has been cited by locals as driving a housing crisis in the Canary Islands and in cities throughout Spain.

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