Spending lots of energy trying to understand every detail in a message Attempting to store the entirety of a message When we believe that intelligence is a function of how much knowledge we hold in our minds, information acquisition becomes a game of quantity over quality. We form the impossible expectation that we need to know everything to do our job well. … [Read more...] about You need to listen to your intuition more at work. Here’s how
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10 fabulous free apps for working with audio, video, and images
For very quick audio cropping—say, you just want to remove or isolate part of an audio file —take the free, online AudioTrimmer for a spin. It couldn’t be much simpler: Upload a file up to 100 megabytes in size, select a chunk of the audio, opt to keep it or remove it, then output it to an MP3 file. … [Read more...] about 10 fabulous free apps for working with audio, video, and images
Why Microsoft Word Really Sucks: It Was Invented In A Paper-Powered World
Track Changes is meant to be a handy way to follow collaborative edits. Instead, it reads like fistfight over the Oxford comma (does the default color scheme really need to be “you got an answer wrong” red?). When I’m edited in Google Docs, I feel like my editor is the most laid back boss in the world. When I’m edited in Word, I immediately want to walk off a project. … [Read more...] about Why Microsoft Word Really Sucks: It Was Invented In A Paper-Powered World
Long-term employee well-being hinges on this one employee benefit
I’ve seen this take shape in my professional experience. When one major U.S. bank challenged its employees, the result was happier and more confident workers, as well as the bank retaining the essential skills it needed to compete in future. The bank introduced a bootcamp to hone skills in a select group of workers, who were then directed to take on high-demand projects to immediately put into practice the skills they had learned. Almost instantly, workers could see the outcome of the learning they had invested time in. … [Read more...] about Long-term employee well-being hinges on this one employee benefit