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What Helps or Hinders Creativity at Work? If you’re trying to be more creative in how you go about your next project, it may be worth considering some new approaches. Creativity seems to thrive amid moderate distraction, which disrupts the flow of thought and leads to more abstract, broader, and creative thinking. Try these new tactics. |
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What to Do If You’re on an Overworked Team The potential toll from being overworked includes fatigue, insomnia, anxiety, stress, and difficulty concentrating. The team effort can suffer, too. Here are some tips on what to do if you're a boss who has to overwork employees for a time, or if you're a team member dealing with being overworked. |
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How to Make Meetings Less Boring So You Get More Out of Them Of course, the goal shouldn’t be to make meetings less boring but to make them more useful and productive. If you struggle to stay awake at meetings, seek ways to participate more. Offering input will help your brain stay engaged. For more suggestions (and some fun if all else fails), read on. |
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The Value of the Skeptic in the Workplace In the workplace, a healthy dose of skepticism seems both appropriate and valuable in most major undertakings because it acknowledges the human tendency to make mistakes and to fall victim to cognitive biases. So don't surround yourself with people who think exactly like you—challenge your opinions! |
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Faster Isn't Always Better: The Value of Slowing Down at Work There’s an idea called the Slow Movement that is designed to counteract the notion that faster is always better. It's not about being lazy or not getting anything done. Rather, it’s about seeking the right speed to do things, and doing them as well as possible instead of as fast as possible. |
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What to Do (and What Not to Do) When an Employee Resigns When an employee resigns, you have work to do. You have to determine the impact, figure out a transfer plan, and ensure that work in progress continues. But this isn't all about you and your remaining employees—there's a lot still left to do for the departing employee. Read on for transition tips. |
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Can Steve Jobs' Reality Distortion Field Help You Be Extraordinary? The reality distortion field (RDF) was said to be Steve Jobs' ability—with a mix of charm, charisma, bravado, hyperbole, marketing, appeasement, and persistence—to convince himself and others to believe almost anything. Anuj Magazine looks at how RDF can help you be extraordinary in your profession. |