Actually, Raimondo and Salesforce ended up building something new that Salesforce is now selling to private sector companies faced with the challenge of dealing with the pandemic and getting employees back to work. It’s a platform and a series of employee apps called Work.com designed to help maintain contact and trust between employers and employers during the pandemic and beyond. The platform also provides wellness services, collaboration spaces, and IT support for mobile devices. … [Read more...] about Biden picked an ex-VC to run Commerce. Her ties to tech might be too close
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I Accidentally Built A Brogrammer Culture. Now We’re Undoing It
Having groups like MyYard, with an open-door policy and a rotating roster of volunteers, ensures there’s a safe place where everyone can discuss potentially sensitive issues like these. MyYard is also focusing on ways to improve the work experience for LGBTQ and non-binary team members as well–the goal simply being to make sure everyone can see themselves reflected in the culture. So these days when we kick back as a team, we break out the board games, crank up the music, and offer a variety of snacks and non-alcoholic drinks as well. Anyone who wants to crack a beer and crush an opponent on Team Fortress 2 can go for it, but it’s no longer the only option. … [Read more...] about I Accidentally Built A Brogrammer Culture. Now We’re Undoing It
We need to stop ‘untitling’ and ‘uncredentialing’ professional women
Untitling happens repeatedly to women with professional titles, such as doctors (medical, research, and professional), professors, clergy, government officials, military personnel, and coaches. Recent research of 321 speaker introductions found that when female physicians introduced other physicians they almost always used their “doctor” titles (for 95% of male doctors and 97.8% of female doctors). However, male physicians introduced other male physicians as “doctor” in 72.4% of the cases, but only 49.2% of the time when introducing female physicians. … [Read more...] about We need to stop ‘untitling’ and ‘uncredentialing’ professional women
Try these 3 tactics to boost your personal productivity
Like Andreessen (and probably you as well), I can relate when he describes productivity as one of his guilty pleasures. I first discovered productivity when I was burned out from summer school at college and in the middle of a new semester. I needed to get back into studying. Productivity advice was a nerdy, entertaining, form of procrastination. If I had only one or two hours’ worth of willpower a day to study, what would I do? How could I ease myself into doing more? … [Read more...] about Try these 3 tactics to boost your personal productivity