Chances are, you worked more than eight hours yesterday, and ate lunch at your desk. A new campaign would like you to stop doing that, please (and to stop your boss expecting it). It's killing you and it's ruining the economy.READ»
It's all too easy to spend long stretches simmering at your desk instead of having a straight-ahead talk with your boss. Here are a few strategies to help you start the conversation.READ»
In a bad economy, talent is everything. Unemployment and lowered budgets force companies to cling to their most productive employees to fill the voids left by downsizing. In tech and other industries, it can be even harder as the top talent is well aware that their services are at high demand. How can businesses determine when a rockstar is on the verge of leaving?READ»
Microsoft's Envisioning Lab has a vision of the future, and you can watch it in HD. Learn how the lab sees the future of contextual data, smarter interfaces, and a "five-minute mode" on your phone.READ»
Having everything on the web is handy, minus, of course, when it goes down, or you forget to sync something. Here are the best no-worry means of keeping your important documents accessible from any computer.READ»
Many companies offer employees the option to work from home. But common sense tells us that some rotten apples would sooner fill their day playing "World of Warcraft" than actually working. This decision tree will help you decide if you should let your employees work remotely.READ»
Think how silly Lady Gaga would look spending 10 hours a week working on her CPA license in case her music career flopped. Life is short and opportunities are fleeting. If you hope to achieve your full potential, you must put all your weight behind each punch. Of course, this isn't new advice: Theodore Roosevelt said it best all the way back in 1910. READ»
Spotify, Pandora, Turntable.fm, and other services give us all the music we could want, right away, for free. Can this actually be good for productivity?READ»
Colombo took the unconventional route, and so can you. By awakening your curiosity, you can tune in to the limitless possibilities at your disposal. It's time to unleash your creative potential and stick your thumb in the eye of conventional wisdom.READ»
There are many tasks that we can either do ourselves or pay someone else to do for us. Depending on which country you live in, the level of paying for work to be done compared to the level of unpaid work performed "inhouse" differs dramatically. Does it coincide with the relative financial condition in each country?READ»
A new industry survey finds that almost 60% of work interruptions are digital, people waste over an hour a day at work, and two thirds of workers will tune out of meetings to connect digitally with someone else. READ»
In the end, the only thing we grown ups really want is to get back to kindergarten.
So suggests the new work facility of Youmeet. Youmeet is a company in Utrecht, the Netherlands, that provides meeting space for creative ...READ»
Bill Jensen and Josh Klein's new book, "Hacking Work" is about righteous rule-breaking. Here, the authors explain how, with a helping hand, you can improve your situation at work.READ»
Bill Jensen and Josh Klein's new book, "Hacking Work" is about righteous rule-breaking. Here, the authors explain how one bus company had a broken system and how a fix for it emerged.READ»
Bill Jensen and Josh Klein's new book, "Hacking Work" is about righteous rule-breaking. Here, the authors explain how most people are already hacking their work but just don't know it.READ»
