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Yes, that meeting could have been an email: 25 billion hours of work wasted

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 23:53:20 +0000

Office workers are being overwhelmed by unnecessary meetings, swamped with time-wasting notifications, and are not being given the tech tools that could help them focus on critical tasks, according to an Atlassian survey.

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Boosting productivity: Why pushing your employees too far can be counterproductive

Gavin Debono — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:10:55 +0000

Incremental improvements to productivity can be made without drastic overhauls – it just requires a mindset of small, continuous improvement.

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Rod Sims: New reforms will add commercial common sense into merger laws

Rod Sims — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 01:03:25 +0000

The merger reforms reflect a healthy approach to increased competition in our economy which will benefit consumers, most businesses, and the wider economy, writes Rod Sims.

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Meetingception: Atlassian finds 74% of meetings are used to plan more meetings

Tegan Jones — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 23:47:34 +0000

About 76% of respondents to the Atlassian survey also said that meetings were the primary obstacle to completing their work.

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Bluethumb’s Ed Hartley says Atomic Habits can help artists become businesspeople

David Adams — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:27:39 +0000

Bluethumb co-founder Ed Hartley explains how one of the book's key lessons is exemplified by successful visual artists -- and how the online art marketplace has learned a thing or two, too.

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Will bosses give time gained by tech advances back to workers?

John Hopkins — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 00:44:58 +0000

Over the past century, an abundance of new technologies have dramatically disrupted the way we work. However, up to now, workers have not been reaping the benefits.

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From AI to productivity: Why 2024 will belong to people-focused businesses

Martin Filz — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 21:59:13 +0000

In 2024, businesses will find themselves compelled to prioritise the wellbeing and satisfaction of their employees. Here's why.

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Delivering the bigger picture makes employees three times more engaged

Tom Lewis — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 22:58:38 +0000

If you want to drive productivity in your organisation, prioritise these two activities every week.

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Seven tried and tested productivity hacks to wring value from every day

Tristan Sternson — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 00:31:25 +0000

If you’re keen to really trim the fat from your day, Tristan Sternson recommends you try these seven tried and tested productivity hacks.

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Google Calendar and Outlook just became slightly more compatible

Tegan Jones — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 02:05:17 +0000

Here's some deeply specific news for calendar junkies: Outlook and Google Calendar are about to become slightly more compatible.

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