Productivity
Anything to do with Productivity
Allene @Allene - over 5 years ago
Africa: Avoiding the Mistakes of the Asian Green Revolution in Africa
Africa: Avoiding the Mistakes of the Asian Green Revolution in AfricaDodoma, Tanzania — Research scientists are studying groundwater resources in three African countries in order to understand the renewability of the source and how people can use it sustainably towards a ...continued
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Elian @Elian - over 5 years ago
Add these 9 new books to your summer reading list, according to Amazon's best of 2019
9 best new books to read this summer, according to Amazon's best-sellers listLeave it to one of the world's largest online booksellers to help curate your summer reading list. Earlier this week, Amazon released its list of Best Books of 2019 (So Far).The entire list of bo...continued
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Patrick @Patrick - over 5 years ago
Seven Strategies That Boost Sales Productivity
Sales is a difficult job with representatives working long hours to meet demanding quotas while keeping clients loyal and returning for repeat business. While good sales reps remain dedicated to hitting their company’s goals, the chance for employee burnout while doing so...continued
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Clarissa @Clarissa - over 5 years ago
How Americans' financial behavior has changed: Less stock picking, more part-time work
Money trends have shifted for Americans in recent yearsAs the economic expansion hits the 10-year mark around midyear, you will be reading a lot of articles about how Americans are faring financially these days compared to a decade ago.An interesting side note is how peop...continued
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Cynthia @Cynthia - over 5 years ago
From bank trips to getting paid: How Americans' financial behaviors have changed
Money trends have shifted for Americans in recent yearsAs the economic expansion hits the 10-year mark around midyear, you will be reading a lot of articles about how Americans are faring financially these days compared to a decade ago.An interesting side note is how peop...continued
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Wilmer @Wilmer - over 5 years ago
3 key themes that will drive cities' strategies for job creation - Smart Cities Dive
3 key themes that will drive cities' strategies for job creationThe labor market looks different than it did 20 years ago and the next wave of technology could accelerate the rate of change in the coming decades, according to a report from the McKinsey Global Institute."T...continued
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Roger @Roger - over 5 years ago
Build a Chat App Using React Hooks in 100 Lines of Code
Build a Chat App Using React Hooks in 100 Lines of CodeWe’ve looked at React Hooks before, around here at CSS-Tricks. I have an article that introduces them as well that illustrates how to use them to create components through functions. Both articles are good high-level ...continued
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Marjory @Marjory - almost 5 years ago
Could a Journal Be The Next Productivity Game-Changer?
Could a Journal Be The Next Productivity Game-Changer?The following article is based on excerpts from Ben Angel's book, Unstoppable: A 90-Day Plan to Biohack Your Mind and Body for Success. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | IndieBound. And stay tuned ...continued
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Gregoria @Gregoria - over 5 years ago
Trump Just Made It a Lot Easier for GMOs to Enter the Food Supply
Trump Just Made It a Lot Easier for GMOs to Enter the Food SupplyOn June 11, President Donald Trump quietly issued an executive order to “streamline” GMO regulations in the United States. The order, titled Modernizing the Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnolog...continued
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Ariel @Ariel - over 5 years ago
Agroecology as Innovation
Agroecology as InnovationRecently, the High Level Panel of Experts of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released its much-anticipated report on agroecology. The report signals the continuing shift in emphasis in the UN agency’s approach to agricultural deve...continued
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Bobby @Bobby - about 3 years ago
Are Employees More or Less Productive Than They Were in 2020? How Marketers Can Navigate [New Data]
Learn whether employees are more productive now than they were in 2020 — And how leaders can respond to this shift in productivity levels.
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Cameron @Cameron - over 5 years ago
Lack of youth services undercuts the gains of South Africa's child grant
Lack of youth services undercuts the gains of South Africa's child grantSouth Africa introduced a child support grant 21 years ago in 1998, four years after the advent of democracy. The grant has been a human rights milestone and a mark of progress in the full realisation...continued
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Bart @Bart - over 5 years ago
Project Syndicate: Are central banks losing their big bet?
ZURICH, Switzerland (Project Syndicate) — In recent years, central banks have made a large policy wager. They bet that the protracted use of unconventional and experimental measures would provide an effective bridge to more comprehensive measures that would generate high ...continued
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Zetta @Zetta - over 5 years ago
Continuous Reliability: How to Move Fast and NOT Break Things
Continuous Reliability: How to Move Fast and NOT Break ThingsDevelopment and IT Ops teams commonly find themselves in a game of tug-of-war between two key objectives: driving innovation and maintaining reliable (i.e. stable) software. To drive innovation, we’re seeing the...continued
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Angus @Angus - over 5 years ago
Plentiful jobs but slow growth: 10 facts about the expansion
Plentiful jobs but slow growth: 10 facts about the expansionWASHINGTON — Ten straight years of growth. Unemployment at a five-decade low. Higher wages for the poorest workers.The economic expansion that just became America's longest on record didn't produce an especially ...continued
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Alvah @Alvah - over 5 years ago
Can protecting land promote employment? In New England, the answer is yes
Can protecting land promote employment? In New England, the answer is yesProtecting land from development provides numerous ecological and social benefits, but many people debate whether it hurts or helps local economies. Some worry that land protection will inhibit econo...continued
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Americo @Americo - over 5 years ago
ISG Launches Study on Digital Workplace of the Future
ISG Launches Study on Digital Workplace of the FutureSTAMFORD, Conn., June 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a leading global technology research and advisory firm, has launched a research study examining services and solutions relat...continued
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George @George - over 5 years ago
9 Ways to Beat Work Stress and Increase Productivity With CBD
9 Ways to Beat Work Stress and Increase Productivity With CBD · Marijuana MommyCannabidiol (CBD) is an increasingly popular substance that more people are choosing to utilize. Even athletes have turned to cannabis products to treat their bodies after rigorous games and t...continued
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Delia @Delia - over 5 years ago
Why South Africa should revert to greater protection for some of its industries
Why South Africa should revert to greater protection for some of its industriesAfter years of relative silence, debates about the pros and cons of tariffs in international trade have become a regular feature. The renewed interest has been sparked by the actions of US Pres...continued
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Hannah @Hannah - almost 5 years ago
How To Enhance Employee Productivity
How To Enhance Employee ProductivityFor any company or business, one of the most important assets is its employees. There are crucial elements if you want to increase productivity in the workplace. Judge what improvements are needed to enhance employee productivity by kee...continued
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Myles @Myles - over 5 years ago
6 Useful Tools For Social Media Marketing For Ecommerce (With a Bonus Tool)
6 Useful Tools For Social Media Marketing For Ecommerce (With a Bonus Tool)Social media is a terrific channel for marketing your Ecommerce brand. If you engage actively with your audience and quickly resolve their apprehensions, then you can convert them into true fans (a...continued
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Ezequiel @Ezequiel - over 5 years ago
Technologies Redefining In-Store Customer Experience
Technologies Redefining In-Store Customer ExperienceThe rate at which customers are shopping online is skyrocketing by the day. The high rate of retail customer defection means that it is now doubly important for brick-and-mortar retailers to enhance the levels of custome...continued
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Myles @Myles - over 5 years ago
Why Training is Important for Every Organization
Why Training is Important for Every OrganizationTraining your employees is extremely important for any type of organization. It does cost time and money – however, it can cost an organization up to three times an employee’s salary to lose them in the first year due to sub...continued
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Anderson @Anderson - over 5 years ago
Quark – A software sketchbook for your projects
Announcing “Quark” — A Software sketchbook for your projects⚡After almost an year of hard work, I’m excited to finally announce Quark! You can check it out now over at https://quarkjs.io 🎉Quark is a general purpose software tool specifically designed to help you create pr...continued
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Elliott @Elliott - over 5 years ago
Does your inbox make you sweat? Here’s how to get a handle on email overload
How to manage your emails and master your inboxDoes the mere sight of your inbox cause you to sweat? You’re not alone. In 2017, technology research firm The Radicati Group estimated 132 billion business emails are being sent per day!Most people deal with some form of emai...continued
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