Technology and Long Distance Love: A Match Made in Heaven
Businesses are constantly trying to keep up with technology trends to stay afloat, but many do not realize that this same trick can be used when trying to keep a relationship afloat. Communication is absolutely necessary in business and it is absolutely necessary in a relationship. This makes technology very important when it comes to [...]
Is it acceptable for business to have martini time or should we schedule communication breaks?
As we are all easily contactable via smart phones, iPads and laptops that are often connected 24/7 should there be a cut off for communication or is martini time acceptable? I seem to have slipped into the habit of social media shifting away from the traditional 9-5 communication channels and making it acceptable to tweet, [...]
Bloggers’ top New Year’s resolutions
By Emily Matthews Given that 2012 might possibly be the end of the world, you want your blog to be out of this world. While the top dogs once looked down on bloggers, according to “The Atlantic,” 21 of the top 50 blogs are now run by the big brands: ABC, CNN, and the New [...]
Money money money … #redundancy
Redundancy and money Yes, redundancy and money – two big words that make an impact. For most, the main anxiety about redundancy is the simple question ‘What I am going to do for money.’ A redundancy payment is intended to be a financial cushion between jobs but as the period becomes more extended and payments less generous, [...]
10 Business Brainies – Birds 12 Days of Christmas
Which ten business brainies for 2011 shall I choose? My business influencers in the last year might include: Susan Pinker : A well known psychologist and author who writes about social science for the international press. Her advice column, Problem Solving, appears regularly in the business section of the Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper, and [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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