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Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
2 hours agoThe people most frequently mistaken for lazy aren't the ones who never worked hard - they're the ones who worked so hard for so long without acknowledgment or recovery that their system shut down the way any system shuts down when it's been running past its limit and nobody thought to check the gauge - Silicon Canals
Laziness is often a misconception; many labeled as lazy are actually experiencing burnout from chronic overwork and stress.
Productivity
fromSilicon Canals
4 days agoThe workers most likely to burn out aren't always the ones doing the most - they're the ones who can't tell the difference between urgent and important - Silicon Canals
Workers overwhelmed by urgency rather than importance are more likely to experience burnout.
fromNextgov.com
23 hours agoOMB's examination of Mythos is 'not giving access to anything to agencies,' official says
OMB is not giving access to anything to agencies, according to a spokesperson, despite the administration's interest in the powerful Mythos AI model that identifies digital vulnerabilities.
Washington DC
Startup companies
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoPsychology says the people who find lasting success in business aren't the ones who mastered the habits productivity culture celebrates - they've quietly figured out that most of what business media treats as essential is noise, and the actual signal is found in a much smaller set of decisions most people overlook - Silicon Canals
Sustainable business success comes from focusing on key decisions rather than following productivity trends and hacks.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoPeople who research every decision exhaustively before acting aren't thorough - they're trying to build a guarantee in a world that doesn't sell them because the last time they trusted their gut without evidence something expensive happened and the body never forgot the bill - Silicon Canals
Chronic overanalysis of decisions stems from past failures, leading to wasted time and missed opportunities.
fromFast Company
2 days agoWhy workplaces need a gendered health approach
For decades, work was designed around a fiction, that of the 'neutral' worker, an abstract individual assumed to be fully available, consistent, rational, and unaffected by bodily constraints. But this neutrality was never real.
Women
fromEntrepreneur
4 days agoWhy Passion Isn't Enough to Scale a Nonprofit
Most nonprofits begin with passion, and for good reason. A founder identifies a critical need and brings together a team that cares deeply enough to act. That kind of energy is what makes the early days possible. It drives long hours, resourceful problem-solving and a deep commitment to impact.
Non-profit organizations
#ai
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
1 day agoHow to build a high-performing team during the AI era
AI and automation enhance productivity, but human judgment and leadership are essential for high performance and effective team dynamics.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
3 days agoAI Is Turning Workplaces Into Hopeless Gridlock
AI adoption in workplaces has led to increased workloads and decreased quality, resulting in hidden costs and reduced morale among remaining employees.
#workplace-issues
Careers
fromSlate Magazine
2 days agoI've Worked Tirelessly to Get One of Our Best Employees a Promotion. Then I Learned What the Bosses Have in Store for Him Instead.
First-time manager struggles to secure a raise and promotion for an exemplary employee amid company staffing issues and financial constraints.
Careers
fromSlate Magazine
2 days agoI've Worked Tirelessly to Get One of Our Best Employees a Promotion. Then I Learned What the Bosses Have in Store for Him Instead.
First-time manager struggles to secure a raise and promotion for an exemplary employee amid company staffing issues and financial constraints.
Non-profit organizations
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
5 days agoThe Meaningful Reset: Designing Nonprofits to Survive Board-Staff Conflict | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
Nonprofit organizations face unique challenges due to emotional investment, leading to conflicts that require careful analysis and intentional resolution.
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Productivity
fromFast Company
2 weeks agoMany productivity programs solve the wrong problem. This is what leaders should do instead
Organizations face work design problems rather than productivity issues, leading to temporary solutions that fail to address underlying conflicts in problem-solving approaches.
fromIndependent
1 day agoModern Morals: My husband has just been let go from his fourth job in five years - I'm running out of patience. What can I do?
My husband has just been let go from his fourth job in five years. The first time it happened was during Covid when he was laid off, but it seemed to start a pattern.
Careers
fromEntrepreneur
2 months agoHow Leaders Unknowingly Make Themselves the Bottleneck
You've hired smart people, and you've invested in tools. You've also restructured more than once. Given all these, on paper, everything should work. But the reality is different. Decisions take longer than they should, and ownership gets blurred. Teams move, then stall, then circle back. You step in more than you want to, not because you enjoy it, but because progress depends on you doing so.
Business
fromFast Company
1 month agoChange doesn't fail by itself. It fails because people resist it
Change often fails and that rarely has anything to do with whether the concept is a good one or not. As Howard Aiken famously put it, "Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throat." As the creator of the Harvard Mark, one of the very first computers, he was speaking from experience.
Business
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