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Interruptions: Mostly Negative But Sometimes Positive Interruptions are more than just a distraction. Unscheduled interruptions at work leave people more exhausted and more prone to making errors. But they're not always bad: If an interruption relates to the task you’re working on, it may help you better accomplish that task or avoid a problem. |
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How Work Gets to Be Fun Steve Berczuk writes that the idea of having fun at work is a frequently discussed—and important—topic. But happiness at work is not as simple a concept as it may first seem. How work gets to be fun matters. |
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Don't Just Work Longer—Work Smarter People who work long hours assume they're also working hard—but that doesn't mean they're working smart. If you have a lot to do, you want to work smart—not just work a lot. How do you discover how much time spent working makes you the most productive? Run this experiment and gather some data. |
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Are Information Technology Careers Only for the Young? The topic of age discrimination is uncomfortable and, at times, even hard to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt. However, recent cases of age discrimination in the US and abroad have proven that there is at least a perception that age matters in employment—and especially in the IT field. |
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Using Big Data to Make Big Decisions on Hiring, Firing, and Retention Predictive analytics has primarily been used to determine the future of the market, consumer trends and demands, and how products might fare in the industry. Now companies could be turning predictive analytics on its axis, forcing the scope inward as they look to use big data in hiring and firing. |
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How Many People Should You Manage? As a manager, you should be providing a learning environment, coaching when it's wanted, and building trusting relationships. You should dedicate yourself to the employees, and you need time to meet with them often. This can be hard to do if you're managing too many people. What's the right number? |
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Five Lessons to Help You Be a Better Team Coach Venkatesh Krishnamurthy shares his recent experience in joining a fitness program assisted by a personal trainer and how that relates to good team coaching. While the program benefited Venkatesh, he writes that his physical change occurred only with willingness and collaboration, not with force. |
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How Office Space Affects Team Member Collaboration Steve Berczuk discusses how the physical structure of an organization can contribute to the way team members interact with each other. Physical office space plays an important organizational role, with much being written about the merits of open-space versus closed-space offices. |
