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Future of tech services: Vijay Guntur on unlocking value through AI

McKensey

Companies are making big bets on AI. But its never just tech. Its what you unlock with the tech.

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IT Job Titles Decoded: Navigating an IT Career Path

Spiceworks

For tech job seekers, IT job titles can be simultaneously useful and confusing. When used properly, job titles offer insights into the scope and responsibilities of a role while also establishing sala.

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The enterprising archipelago: Propelling Indonesia’s productivity

McKensey

To become a high-income country by 2045, Indonesia needs to create the right conditions for productivity growth and enable larger companies to thrive through capital deepening.

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Building Connections: 5 Ways Managers Can Reduce Employees' Stress

CoreHealth Workplace Wellness

Managers play a vital role in reducing employees stress by fostering a supportive and empathetic workplace culture. Work stress can lead to burnout, decreased productivity, and disengagement, making it essential for leaders to take proactive steps.

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The Hidden Skills That Separate Good Leaders from Great Ones

Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC

Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult

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Powering a new era of US energy demand

McKensey

US energy demand will surge over the next few years, with the sector facing six critical challenges. Heres a glimpse of possible solutions.

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Speaking of Resilience

Sarah Levitt

Last week, I was invited to deliver the closing keynote at a conference themed on resilience. Speaking on Magnificent Leadership, which is all about how to transform and transcend uncertainty, seemed a good fit.

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Supporting Women’s Health: Wellness and Essential Nutrients at Every Stage

Workplace Wellness

Learn more about cultivating lifelong habits that nourish the body, support the mind, and empower women to feel their best at any ange.

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The McKinsey Crossword: Ways of Life | No. 230

McKensey

Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if youre looking for a quick win.

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What is Workplace Wellbeing?

Robertson Cooper

Discover what workplace wellbeing is, why wellbeing at work and organisational wellbeing matters, and how to approach a wellbeing strategy.

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Ways to Improve Customer Service in Construction

The Receptionist

In the construction industry, a shortage of workers canand often doesmake or break the flow of business. And because its a market driven by labor availability, it is subject to the whims of the economy more than a lot of other industries. Its also the largest industry worldwide. Many economists warn of a high chance of a recession in the coming years, and many different industries will need to pivot their business strategies if they hope to successfully ride out a potential economic downturn.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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Thriving Workplaces – Managing Stress and Promoting Wellbeing Webinar

Robertson Cooper

Join Business Psychologist, Tamara Hughes, for a webinar on creating thriving workplaces by managing stress and promoting wellbeing.

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The Quiet Crisis in Mental Health: The Medicalization and Deskilling of Psychotherapy

Mad in America

T he medicalization of psychotherapy has undoubtedly been influenced by the psychiatric establishments revolution in 1980, marked by the release of the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III). A manual barely known to the public before 1980 has since become a hegemonic force, shaping not only the practice of psychotherapy but also the broader cultural understanding of psychological suffering as biomedical.

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Are you really ready to be a manager?

Work Life

Youve been knocking it out of the park. Your projects deliver, your name comes up in leadership meetings, and now youve been tapped for the next step: your first management role. Its exciting. Its validating. But its also a lot like stepping off a cliff with no parachuteespecially if no ones told you what leadership really requires. In fact, nearly half of first-time managers report feeling unprepared when they take on their new roles.

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BMW Group Thailand Offices – Bangkok

Office Snapshots

The BMW Bangkok office is designed to align with the latest branding guidelines set forth by BMW, embodying the brand’s commitment to innovation, sustainability, and a dynamic work environment. The implementation of the YAAF DESIGN spectrum concept reflects a forward-thinking approach that caters to the needs of a modern workplace while promoting creativity and collaboration.

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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How to work 30 hours a week (or less)

Work Life

While 40 hours has been the standard workweek for the last few generations, the promise has long been that technology will give us more free time. Yet many Americans still find work spilling over into nights and weekends. Whether you want to cut back your hours to make room for a side hustle, to spend more time with your family, or to pursue your own interests and hobbies, it is possible to complete your full-time job in 30 hours a week.

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Empowering Employee Voices: A Guide to Fostering a Culture of Open Communication

Great Place to Work

Building a great workplace for all isnt a solo endeavor. By creating space for employees to voice their thoughts and put forward ideas, you foster a culture of open communication that drives engagement, innovation, and trust. What makes an organization a great workplace for all? Through our research, we know its one defined, in short, by a shared sense of trust, pride , and camaraderie among employees.

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How to preserve new-hire enthusiasm beyond the first few weeks

Work Life

Enthusiasm peaks in the early days of a new job. New hires are creative, motivated, and often, a fresh dose of optimism compared to their more tenured teammates. Yet, in a matter of weeks, that initial enthusiasm plunges by an average of 22%. The innovation and discretionary effort that comes with new-hire enthusiasm are a strategic advantage for any organization.

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Business Agility: The 8 Ways Great Workplaces Adapt and Thrive

Great Place to Work

Heres what boosts agility for your employees, and how great workplaces support people in adapting quickly to change. When facing economic headwinds or business challenges, how you adapt to change is the only measure of success. Market volatility is soaring as the world digests new U.S. tariff policies, and the rapid rise of AI technology ensures every company is laser-focused on change management.

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How to tell if a middle manager on your team is burning out

Work Life

Middle management can be exhausting particularly at the beginning of a managerial career. On the one hand, these employees have to get down into the weeds and help members of their team do their jobs in the most effective ways. They may have some inexperienced reports who need help and development to work effectively and independently. On the other hand, their daily work is governed by layers of leadership above that restrict their autonomy and require them to convince others that new things the

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Your Conflict Personality Is Sabotaging Your Success—Here’s How to Fix It

Success

Think you dont have workplace conflict? Think again. While you might not be having heated arguments at the office, those minor daily annoyanceslike a colleague who checks their phone during meetings or a team member who never responds to emailsare low-level conflicts that can quietly sabotage your productivity and success. These small friction points add up, draining our productivity.

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Half of businesses who have made people redundant in favour of AI think they may have messed up

Workplace Insight

A new poll from Orgvue claims that 39 percent of business leaders who have deployed AI in their firms have already made employees redundant. Of those, 55 percent think there’s a good chance they made wrong decisions about those redundancies. Orgvue first conducted its international survey of 1,000 C-suite and senior decision makers at medium and large organisations in 2024.

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Pharrell Williams Launches $1M Digital Learning Lab to Help Black Business Founders

Success

Pharrell Williams is taking a bold step toward closing the racial equity gap by offering the opportunity of a lifetime to select entrepreneurs. Through his Black Ambition initiative, the Grammy-winner is launching the Fundable Founders Learning Lab, a 10-week virtual program to help boost entrepreneurs across Florida. The initiative is part of a two-year effort to support Florida-based small business owners by providing 500 entrepreneurs in the state with access to mentorship, capital, networkin

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3 tips to balance your short-term and long-term savings goals

Work Life

You shouldn’t have to cross your fingers and hope for a strong stock market to coincide with your short-term goals. And right now, you probably wouldn’t want to. Because you’re working within a short time framethink two to six yearsinvesting for shorter-term goals like buying a house or paying for a wedding should look different from the portfolio you build for retirement.

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9 Best AI Summarizer Tools in 2025

Fellow

When your team is juggling endless documents, meeting notes, and research articles, its easy to get buried in information. Thats where AI summarizer tools come in. They help you cut through the noise and get straight to the key points. Whether you’re recapping lengthy meeting transcripts, breaking down customer interviews, or skimming a long report before a big decision, AI summarizers can instantly distill the most important takeaways.

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Soft Skills Are the New Power Skills: A Call to Action for Administrative Professionals  [2025 soft skills report]

Office Dynamics Blog

Discover what 700+ assistants said about soft skills for administrative professionals in 2025. Get the free report and find out how you compareand how to grow.

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Pace from Profim. Where design meets human-centred innovation

Workplace Insight

Profim proudly unveils Pace , an innovative task chair that redefines comfortable, sustainable seating for the modern workplace. Created by Germany’s ITO Design, the studio behind Profim’s bestselling Xenon and AccisPro lines, and engineered in Poland, Pace seamlessly blends German design precision with Polish manufacturing excellence. The chair’s clean, contemporary silhouette adapts effortlessly to diverse work environments.

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Confidential Energy Company Offices – Brisbane

Office Snapshots

The organisation had several critical project objectives, including: – Managing rapid growth to plan for a dynamic future workforce. – Leveraging a long lease on their existing space. – Prioritising culture and ESG to lead with values at the forefront of the strategy. Workplace Strategy PMG undertook a comprehensive workplace strategy, focusing on gaining a deep understanding of their business, key drivers, objectives, and people.

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Prime office rents around the world continue to rise

Workplace Insight

Rental growth for prime office space around the world accelerated in the first quarter of 2025, increasing on average by 0.6 percent, following a 0.3 percent increase in Q4 2024, says Savills. Fit out costs also rose by 0.7 percent in the first quarter, following a 0.2 percent increase in Q4, as demand for top quality office space continues unabated.According to Savills Q1 2025 Prime Office Costs report , in the first quarter average all-in net effective costs (rent plus fit-out costs) rose by 0

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International HR Day

Wellness 360

International HR Day isn’t just another date on the calendarit’s a chance to recognize the extraordinary efforts of HR professionals who help build strong, thriving organizations. These behind-the-scenes champions are the ones driving company culture, recruiting top talent, supporting employee growth, and ensuring well-being. Despite their crucial role, their hard work often goes unnoticed.

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Regional BCO Awards show how London’s best offices are redefining the way we work

Workplace Insight

In a city where tradition meets the cutting edge, Londons office spaces are undergoing a quiet revolution. At the British Council for Offices (BCO) Regional Awards, held today at the London Hilton on Park Lane, seven projects were celebratednot just for their architectural merit, but for what they reveal about the evolving needs of workers, employers, and communities alike.

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Northzone Offices – New York City

Office Snapshots

The new US headquarters for global VC Northzone is a dynamic workspace that seamlessly blends function and character, echoing its Nordic roots in the heart of Union Square. Spanning two floors with an outdoor terrace, the office is a one-of-a-kind property that required a thoughtful transformation. A key challenge of the renovation was reimagining the upper levelonce a private residenceinto a functional workspace that reflects Northzones brand identity.

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Bristol Myers Squibb Schizophrenia Drug Fails Pivotal Test as an Add-On to Antipsychotics

Mad in America

From Med City News. “ A Bristol Myers Squibb drug whose landmark FDA approval introduced the first novel mechanism for treating schizophrenia in decades has failed a pivotal test intended to support expanding its use, a disappointing result that puts a big dent in the commercial prospects for the projected blockbuster product. The Phase 3 test evaluated the drug, Cobenfy, as an adjunct to atypical antipsychotics in adults whose schizophrenia symptoms were inadequately controlled by these s

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Oliver Wyman Offices – Riyadh

Office Snapshots

Roar has delivered a new chapter in its ongoing collaboration with global consulting firm Oliver Wyman, unveiling the interior of its new Riyadh headquarters. Going beyond being just another corporate space, this office was designed to reflect the cultural pulse of Saudi Arabia while offering modern, functional solutions for todays workforce. Pallavi Dean, Founder and Creative Director of Roar, comments: When Oliver Wyman approached us to design their Saudi office, they were clear about one thin

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Balancing Work and Life: Achieve Work-Life Harmony Without Sacrificing Success

Success

Work-life balance isn’t just another corporate buzzword to add to your LinkedIn bingo card. It’s the difference between being the person who enjoys their weekend and the one who’s constantly one notification away from a stress-induced eye twitch. Finding the sweet spot between your 9-to-5 job and personal life could be the way to go if you want peace of mind.