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Why are immigrants successful at business? They follow these 5 principles

Work Life

Neri Karra Sillaman is an adviser and speaker who was recently recognized on the Thinkers50 Radar list for 2024 as one of the top 30 emerging management thinkers. She is an adjunct professor and entrepreneurship expert at the University of Oxford, and founder of Neri Karra, a global luxury leather goods brand that has been manufacturing for leading Italian labels for over 25 years.

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Navigating Office Politics: How to Play the Game & Why You Should

Eat Your Career

When you hear the words office politics , what do you think of? Many people think of maneuvering, manipulation, and power playsbackstabbing, gossip, and favoritism. Its no surprise that most people hate the idea! I get it. But I want to challenge that perception. At its core, office politics is simply about relationshipsunderstanding and leveraging influence and informal power dynamics.

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The Power of Wellness through Rewards and Recognition

Wellable

Learn how wellness rewards and recognition can motivate your teams, improve workplace well-being, and build healthy habits. The post The Power of Wellness through Rewards and Recognition appeared first on Wellable.

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Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS): Why Don’t We Know More About It?

Mad in America

In a new study , researchers investigated the existing literature on post-acute withdrawal syndrome (PAWS), a type of persistent antidepressant withdrawal that can appear days, weeks, or even months after stopping the drug. While PAWS can be a debilitating experience, there is very little research on its prevalence and treatment. The researchers were able to find only seven papers investigating PAWS, which included a case report, a case series, and three online surveys.

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The Memory Edge: Outlearn, Outperform, Outlast

Speaker: Chester Santos

Forgetfulness is costing you time, money, and a ton of missed opportunities. In the age of automation, it’s easy to underestimate the power of a well-trained human mind. But memory isn’t just a parlor trick, it's a strategic edge. Human memory is one of the most underrated business skills. Whether you’re managing people, leading sessions, or having high-stakes conversations, remembering names, details, and concepts can be transformative in building trust, absorbing knowledge, and driving perform

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Turning things around: An interview with Natarajan Srinivasan

McKensey

Under Natarajan Srinivasans leadership, CG Power emerged successfully from bankruptcy. In this interview, the former CEO breaks down his strategies for managing during a crisis.

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How the 100 Best Companies Outperform the S&P 500 by 2,000% in Cumulative Returns

Great Place to Work

Heres how investment banks like Jefferies are helping money managers get ahead of disruptions in the labor force and what the trend means for your company. Investors and fund managers are increasingly conscious of how labor relations impact company performance. They have been deeply studying the impacts of human capital strategies on the companies they invest in, shared Matt Spring, senior associate on the sustainability team at global investment bank Jefferies, at the For All Summit hosted by

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Mad in Portugal

Mad in America

Estado Novo, the authoritarian regime that ruled Portugal for decades, was overthrown back in 1974, but its legacy still holds sway over the countrys psychiatric system. As Tiago Pires Marques, one of the founders of Mad in Portugal, describes it, Theres a strange singularity about psychiatry in Portugal. Along with blocking the development of psychotherapy in Portugal, allowing biomedicine to reign supreme, the regimes leaders left the country with a sharp power imbalance between the field of m

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The inner game of women CEOs

McKensey

Human-centric skills are more critical than ever in an increasingly complex world. Heres how some women CEOs harness these strengths to meet the challenges of the role.

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Dell makes the case for enterprise AI at Dell Tech World 2025

Spiceworks

If last year’s Dell Tech World Conference was all about announcing the company’s renewed focus on AI, the 2025 edition focused on showing how its enterprise customers are using AI with Del.

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Buying a Meeting and Workspace management solution should be simple and straight forward. Understand AskCody's pricing.

Ask Cody

Heres the thing: Buying a Meeting and Workspace management solution should be simple and straight forward. Especially as it comes to pricing. Truth is, is not.

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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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Shining Star: Cindy McConnell

Office Dynamics Blog

With 20+ years at Shure Incorporated, rising from Office Coordinator to Executive Assistant to the CEO, our May Shining Star Cindy McConnell shares how to have a successful career as an EA.

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The growth imperative

McKensey

Growth is crucial for companies to create profitable, sustainable value. How can organizations reach their growth goals and ensure their longevityeven in turbulent times?

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Interview with Dell: IT teams are key partners for your AI strategy

Spiceworks

Among the highlights at this year’s Dell Tech World conference, Dell spent a lot of time talking up its newly refreshed Dell AI Factory suite of enterprise hardware products. Encompassing laptop.

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The Global Workplace Is at a Tipping Point — What Should Employers Do Next?

Robertson Cooper

The latest Gallup report shows falling employee engagement & manager wellbeing. What can we do about it? Read more to find out.

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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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The Career Pathing Playbook: Unlock Growth, Retention, and Innovation

Quantum Workplace

Career pathing is one of the most powerful ways to boost employee engagement, retain top talent, and future-proof your workforce.

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Author Talks: How to sharpen your mind at any age

McKensey

With countless wellness apps, gadgets, and books promising to prevent memory loss and disease, how do you know whats truly worth your time? A cognitive scientist breaks it downhelping you retrain your brain and reclaim your health.

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WORKS Magazine Issue 14 is here for you

Workplace Insight

The weather is fine and hopes are up for Clerkenwell Design Week and all the other events that flourish in the Spring sunshine. Yes, even in the UK. The new issue of WORKS magazine looks at a sector that is reaching equilibrium after five years of uncertainty. We visit exciting new projects in London, Manchester and Zurich; profile a man whose way of talking about the workplace we all echo, even those of us who have never read his work; take a look at the new generation of acoustic meeting rooms

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The 4 Best Coworking Spaces in Maryland

Launch Work Places

Marylands business landscape is evolving fast. As more companies embrace remote work, hybrid models, and flexible teams, the need for dynamic workspaces has never been greater. The best coworking spaces in Maryland are rising to meet this demand, offering businesses the flexibility to scale, the environment to collaborate, and the support systems to stay competitive.

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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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Do Vacations Boost Employee Well-Being?

I/O at Work

The benefits of vacations for employees are greater than once thought.

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What are GLP-1 medications?

McKensey

GLP-1s are drugs that help people manage diabetes and lose weight. Their surging popularity has a range of economic and public health implications.

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Court Gives Approval of Settlement Providing Better Mental Health Care for Iowa Children

Mad in America

from KCRG.org : On Friday, a federal court gave its approval of a settlement agreement in a lawsuit against the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) director. According to a release from Iowa HHS, the 2023 lawsuit was filed on behalf of Medicaid-eligible children. The lawsuit argues Iowa HHS denied children struggling with mental illness timely access to intensive community services, resulting in unnecessary institutionalization and harm, as stated in the release.

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Ep 324: Natalia Fedotkina on Managing Stress as an Assistant

Go Burrows

Natalia Fedotkina is a longtime executive assistant who is passionate about helping other assistants manage stress and embrace learning and development. In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Natalia shares her story of becoming an assistant, tips for managing stress, and her favorite (and least favorite) part of being an assistant. LEADERSHIP QUOTE Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

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6 Business Books You Need to Read to Level Up

Success

Warren Buffett spends up to six hours daily with his nose buried in books while other billionaires are busy yacht-hopping. Why would he do this when he probably has all the money anyone would wish for? The Oracle of Omaha credits his success not to fancy degrees or high-powered connections, but to devouring numerous pages of business wisdom every day.

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Time to revisit your M&A strategy

McKensey

Many of the challenges to M&A in the past few years began to recede in 2024only to give way to new headwinds in 2025. Can a strong M&A strategy help dealmakers find equilibrium?

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The Poetics and Politics of Our Mental Health Metaphors: An Interview with Laurence Kirmayer

Mad in America

L aurence Kirmayer is one of the most influential figures in cultural psychiatry today. A psychiatrist, researcher, and theorist, he serves as James McGill Professor and Director of the Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry at McGill University and Editor-in-Chief of Transcultural Psychiatry.Across decades of work bridging anthropology, psychiatry, and cognitive science, Kirmayer has advanced a complex view of mental health as inseparable from culture, history, language, and political

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A Surprising Reason To Feel Good About Returning To The Office

All Work

Efficient offices use far less energy per person than home setups, thanks to shared systems and optimized design. Remote work often shifts, rather than reduces, carbon emissions due to scattered, inefficient home energy use. Modern office buildings are evolving into sustainability hubs, outperforming homes in energy savings and emissions cuts. More than five years after the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped how and where we work, the debate over returning to the office still rages on.

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The Death Clock App Uses AI to Predict When You’ll Die

Success

We celebrate life by marking momentsbirthdays, anniversaries, milestones. But what if you could measure life by the amount of time you have left? Thats the premise behind the Death Clock , an app that uses artificial intelligence to predict your expiration date. For some users, this can be a powerful catalyst for change that inspires them to make better choices.

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Productivity growth is vital for the economy. Few companies actually create it

McKensey

Chameleons change their color to blend in. The Great Wall can be seen from space. Productivity growth comes from thousands of firms adopting the latest technologies and processes. All sound plausibleand all are wrong. The reality is that productivity growth comes from a small number of companies moving a mileby finding new ways to create business valuerather than by many firms moving a few inches through imitation, write Eric Kutcher and Olivia White in Fortune.

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Heritability Explains Less About Mental Disorders Than You Think

Mad in America

T he paradigm of biological psychiatryin short, the view that mental disorders are diseases of the brainis essentially based on three assumptions: First, that the brain is the organ of the mind; second, that psychoactive substances or electrical stimulation of the nervous system alleviate the symptoms of mental disorders; and third, that parents genetically pass on a predisposition to mental disorders to their children.

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AXON Offices – Ho Chi Minh City

Office Snapshots

In 2025, Frontier Consulting Vietnam continued its collaboration with AXON for the expansion of their Vietnam office. This new project is a seamless continuation of the imaginative story that began with the 2022 office design a journey beyond Earth, seeking new planets to explore and thrive upon. Building on the original concept, the 2025 expansion takes the narrative even further.

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The Complexity of Cruelty: How to Stop Workplace Bullying in Its Tracks

Success

When volatile egos are triggered, unhealthy power dynamics can throw work-life balance out the window. Bullying in the workplace affects 35% of employees. The psychological ramifications are so intense that the effects can even spread to romantic partners and disturb their sleep. According to Marcene Marcus, licensed clinical social worker and clinical director of outpatient services at Ocean Psychiatry , being bullied triggers your stress response, making you unable to think clearly or create b

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Advancing the energy transition will require innovation with a capital 'I'

McKensey

Only 10% of the low-emissions technologies needed for the global energy transition have been deployed. An expansive view of energy innovation is needed to deliver a successful transition, improving low-emissions technologies and bringing about profound change in energy supply and consumption, write Tiago Devesa and Mekala Krishnan in World Economic Forum.

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Family Traditions and the Inheritance of “Madness”

Mad in America

I n many families, traditions are cherished as the glue that binds generations. Theyre passed down like heirlooms: recipes, rituals, phrases, and valuesshared touchstones that offer identity and continuity. But not all traditions are benign. Some are invisible threads of control, shame, and conditional love. Some traditions, quietly handed down, teach us not how to live, but how to comply, how to hide, how to endure.