LinkedIn’s New York offices are located on the 22nd to 28th floors of the Empire State Building, with jaw-dropping views of Manhattan’s concrete jungle. When LinkedIn tapped IA Interior Architects to design a 33,005-square-foot expansion of its workspace onto the 28th floor, the professional networking site wanted to draw inspiration from the surrounding city without resorting to cheesy New York cliches (checkered yellow taxi cabs, subway signs). The resulting interiors, unveiled exclusively here, mimic the aesthetic of New York’s old-school social and business clubs, complete with a speakeasy lounge hidden behind a wall of vintage rotary phones, and a wall decorated with ’20s-style bowler hats. … [Read more...] about Inside LinkedIn’s Playful New Digs
LinkedIn’s SlideShare is a vast emporium for pirated e-books. Authors are paying the price
How to Become an Intellectual, on SlideShare. I submitted two notices of copyright infringement, and those links were promptly taken down. As of early January, however, at least five links had popped back up. And that book, a piece of satirical nonfiction, only sold a few thousand copies; for more popular books, the links may prove that much harder—if not impossible—to totally scrub away. (In an interesting twist, my book was also pirated and translated by an Iranian publisher—in the face of longstanding U.S. sanctions, publishers in Iran routinely swipe books from American authors with impunity.) … [Read more...] about LinkedIn’s SlideShare is a vast emporium for pirated e-books. Authors are paying the price
What Glassdoor Has Learned From Seven Years Of Studying Other Companies
Culture Club From beer pong to puppies, nap pods to more cowbell (rung for employee appreciation), Hohman asserts that culture fit matters a lot for both employees and employers. “We typically find that the highest-rated companies on Glassdoor also index high on the “Culture and Values” attributes we track,” he says. Indeed, as their recent research indicated, location and cost of living were just two of the three factors that were important to job seekers. Satisfaction on the job was a big one, and pushed some less-well-known metro areas into the spotlight because their corporate citizens were fostering great workplace environments. … [Read more...] about What Glassdoor Has Learned From Seven Years Of Studying Other Companies
Eight Tech Giants Call On The Government To Reform Surveillance Laws
“We understand that governments have a duty to protect their citizens,” begins the letter. “But this summer’s revelations highlighted the urgent need to reform government surveillance practices worldwide. The balance in many countries has tipped too far in favor of the state and away from the rights of the individual — rights that are enshrined in our Constitution.” … [Read more...] about Eight Tech Giants Call On The Government To Reform Surveillance Laws
Aspiring managers, here’s why you need emotional intelligence to be an effective leader
55% of respondents said a purpose-driven and caring mindset was the number one thing leaders should be striving for 51% of respondents said leaders would need to know how to be motivated, engaging, and inspiring 39% cited the need for emotional intelligence, which continues to reign as the most in-demand skill for any worker 34% said leaders must have good listening and communication skills However, just over half (51%) of those polled said that their current leadership isn’t putting these skills into practice very well. Maybe that is why the top challenge for leaders (45%) is attracting and retaining talent. … [Read more...] about Aspiring managers, here’s why you need emotional intelligence to be an effective leader
