Jan 08
The Stockdale Paradox and Productivity
If you want to pump up the productivity in 2012, let the Stockdale Paradox guide your efforts. The Stockdale Paradox
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Marissa Brassfield
Trusted advisor, simplifier, and loving catalyst of your biggest and best initiatives. Discovering how to stretch time, maximize ease, and optimize work-life alignment.
Jan 07
Inventionland is the Epitome of a Creative Office
Pittsburgh-based Davison Inventionland is one of the most creative offices in the world; its 61,000-square-foot factory houses 16 themed
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Jan 07
The Unconscious Mind Boosts Our Ability to Spot Creative Ideas [STUDY]
New research indicates that to suss out the most creative ideas in a brainstorm session, you're better off
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Jan 06
Should Empty Public Buildings Be Turned Into Coworking Spaces?
Yesterday, Jon Mitchell of ReadWriteWeb wrote about how the Palo Alto City Library is turning vacant rooms into coworking spaces
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Jan 06
20+ Unconventional Productivity Strategies
Ridiculously Efficient readers are familiar with efficiency strategies like working in spurts, leveraging Parkinson's Law and managing decision
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Jan 05
Does Your Office Need a Thinking Day?
Barry Glassman of Glassman Wealth Services pays for every employee to spend one day each quarter out of the office
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Jan 05
Work-Life Balance Infographic Reveals Employee Motivation
This Mercer work-life balance infographic shares additional insights from its annual What's Working survey -- namely, that workloads
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Jan 05
Suspended Nykredit Meeting Rooms Heighten Creativity
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects designed these suspended Nykredit meeting rooms to boost creativity at the mortgage bank's Copenhagen
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Jan 04
ToutApp Year in Review Analyzes Your Email Habits
The free ToutApp Year in Review service analyzes your Gmail or Google Apps account to suss out useful statistics that
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Jan 04
The Senescent Desk Infuses Nature Into Your Office
Workers whose environment includes plants and art are 15 percent more productive than those who work in spartan spaces, and
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Jan 04
Do Open-Plan Offices Pose Productivity Risks?
Open-plan offices may encourage collaboration and improve communication, but they may also create barriers to productivity, according to a piece
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Jan 04
IFTTT Stitches Internet Services Seamlessly
IFTTT, or If This Then That, is a productivity service that aims to streamline common Internet tasks by stringing together
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