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Use These 3 Design Principles To Create Human-Centered Offices Where People Thrive

All Work

Modern workplaces across industries are prioritizing human-centered design, focusing on collaboration, wellness, and adaptability. With this in mind, as designers, we are rethinking traditional office standards that prioritizes people.

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6 Creative Ways to Solve a Problem

Success

Creative problem-solving strategies separate forward-moving solutions from quick fixes. With these 6 creative ways to solve a problem, the answer is often a resounding yes. Six Step Problem-Solving Model. Some problems seem overwhelming in their complexity. Can crisis equal opportunity?

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How understanding how your brain works can make you a better leader

Work Life

Multitasking Is a Myth: Prioritization is Your Brain’s Superpower The brain’s prefrontal cortex handles focus, planning, and decision-making. Each unexpected demand consumes energy needed for prioritizing, problem-solving, and creative thinking. Try this: Next time someone brings you a problem, don’t solve it.

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6 Problem-Solving Tools to Tackle Your Most Complex Issues

Success

Problem-solving is hard. With the “smart part” done, why not leave the final calculations to non-biased, problem-solving software automation? On this list of problem-solving tools, you’ll find software and online routines to make your decisions easier. You’re better than a robot, of course. The smart part.

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Gardner Skelton Offices – Charlotte

Office Snapshots

The layout prioritizes flexible workstyles and encourages spontaneous collaboration, reflecting the firm’s belief that law is not just analytical, but inherently creative. In the words of founding partner Nicole Gardner: “Lawyering is essentially creative problem-solving. I think our space encourages that.”

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Thinking should be a priority, not a day-off activity

Work Life

You’re probably still thinking of your answer—and that’s a problem. Deep work—and thinking—on the other hand is where real change happens through focused attention on a problem. To truly solve our innovation problems at work, we need to eliminate unnecessary distractions and prioritize more thinking time.

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Why do HR strategies fail? 8 common mistakes

Insperity

Think of it as your company’s road map for how you will leverage people to intentionally and proactively: Avoid potential problems Solve present and anticipated future challenges Support the workplace culture Achieve goals When executed well, HR strategy is a vital part of any business’s pathway to success.