In this Business English Pod ...

According to Jeff Mann (photo, left), a Gartner research director, "The rapid adoption of smart devices, both in the workplace and outside, has raised expectations about accessibility and user experience in the workforce...

"One example of how extensively mobile devices have changed long-held conventions of communications is that presenters who once were disturbed by audience members texting on their phones now are worried if they don’t," says Steve Friedman of Present Perfect...

"Like many designers," writes NYTimes staff writer Quentin Hardy, "Eric Rodenbeck (photo, left) has had a long relationship with bar graphs and pie charts...

Vivian Giang covers the topic of what you should do when you are sick and faced with the need to shake someone's hand...

"The new year is often a good time to reflect on the good and bad things that have happened in the past year," says Vivian Giang with BusinessInsider...

"These communicative tools can be used either internally within a company’s members, or externally between a company and other parties such as suppliers and customers...

"Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school...

Sallie Krawcheck (photo, left) shares her thoughts on the topic of building a successful team...

"What makes a great public speaker truly great?..