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SmartBrief is partnering with Big Think to create a weekly video spotlight in SmartBrief on Leadership called “VIP Corner: Video Insights Powered by Big Think.” This week, we’re featuring Nancy Koehn, a professor of business administration at Harvard University. The business community is due for a change in the way it values families and work-life balance, Koehn says.
VIP Corner: Nancy Koehn on reasons family must be a part of business values | SmartBlog on Leadership
We’ve been talking about the new workstyle and how work is evolving now for several months including laying out the ten characteristics that define it and four reasons why it’s mobile. We’ve gotten so much great feedback and interest on the topic that we decided to create an infographic that provides a snapshot of what the new workstyle is all about along with a few interesting data points that support it.
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So You Got an iPod Touch This Holiday Season: Now What?
This post is part of the Mashable 10 , Mashable’s gift guide of the 10 hottest gadgets that our editors think should be on everyone’s wish lists this holiday season.
Big Rocks First: Double Your Productivity This Week | zen habits
Every Monday is Productivity & Organization Day at Zen Habits. If your week is seven buckets, and you go into each bucket without planning ahead, and you fill it up with little pebbles and grains of sand and whatever other debris comes your way … soon there will be no room for the Big Rocks.How Many Points for Inbox Zero? - Technology Review
Reward and punishment: A prototype Gmail plug-in from Baydin encourages users to manage their e-mail by awarding or docking points for good behavior. Most of us have a long list of things we'd like to do—get more exercise, keep a cleaner house, spend money more responsibly, and deal with e-mail more effectively.