Posts Tagged ‘work smart’
Improvement Through Inclusion
Becoming An Upstander, Not A Bystander In Karen Catlin’s book, Better Allies, she addresses the challenges marginalized groups of people face at work, how to spot them along with actionable solutions. In order to do this successfully, Catlin provides practical steps on the path to allyship. Her experience as a woman in tech and years…
Read MoreOptimizing the Intergenerational Office
The intergenerational office, a mix of opposing outlooks. Enmeshed in electronics and brandishing college certificates, millennials confront bitter boomers beset by crumbling retirement funds. Economic misfortune has left debt-ridden graduates clamoring out of classrooms and into the same offices where boomers remain, despite having passed their 65-year mark. This is the 21st-century workplace dilemma —…
Read MoreTime is Money, Time is Limited and Time is Bias
Supported by scientific, psychological, economic research and more, in his book, When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, Daniel Pink turns the everyday clock into a neurological barometer. Success, primarily seen as the result of hard-work, benefits a lot from timing. But Pink doesn’t speak of serendipity; rather, he structures success and productivity as…
Read MoreWhat Would You Do If Failure Wasn’t An Option?
Written by Duncan Lowe All eyes were on Joe Kowalke, our senior account manager, as he stood in front of a semi-circle of Double Forte employees. “What would you do if failure wasn’t an option?” he said, repeating the question twice to emphasize its gravity. Every Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. Double Forte ends our internal…
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