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Here’s the Skinny: For Lean Production Processes to Work, a Company Needs to Be All In
October 18, 2018 by Jan ShawkeyCategory: Production Systems, Special: ArticlesComments Off on Here’s the Skinny: For Lean Production Processes to Work, a Company Needs to Be All In
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A Blinding Flash of the Obvious
by Jan Shawkey"Tom Peters [photo, left] reflects on a half-century spent studying management...Category: Management Roles, Functions, and Skills, Special: ArticlesComments Off on A Blinding Flash of the Obvious
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Is the Quest for Perfection Actually Hurting Your Progress? Four Ways to Keep Perfectionism in Check
by Jan Shawkey"Avoiding opportunities, falling behind, and overworking are just some of the very real consequences of perfectionism...Category: Career Planning, Special: Articles, Work ProductivityComments Off on Is the Quest for Perfection Actually Hurting Your Progress? Four Ways to Keep Perfectionism in Check
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How to Improve Your American Accent: Understanding Schwa
October 17, 2018 by Jan ShawkeyCategory: Language, Special: Articles, Words-Phrases-SentencesComments Off on How to Improve Your American Accent: Understanding Schwa
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Mobile Trends
by Jan Shawkey"Mobile technology continues to move forward at a rapid pace, but it’s “guise” as an actual device users carry will begin to change...Category: Mobile Devices, Special: ArticlesComments Off on Mobile Trends
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I Just Turned 40 — Here Are 8 Life Lessons I Wish I’d Learned a Decade Ago
October 16, 2018 by Jan Shawkey"When I was in my late 20s, my boss and I used to have epic lunches where we'd chat about life...Category: Persuasive Messages, Special: ArticlesComments Off on I Just Turned 40 — Here Are 8 Life Lessons I Wish I’d Learned a Decade Ago
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A List of Suggestions to Become More Productive
by Jan ShawkeyCategory: Special: Articles, Work ProductivityComments Off on A List of Suggestions to Become More Productive
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Why Managers Don’t Listen (Poor Listener Syndrome): and the Cures!
October 15, 2018 by Jan Shawkey"Actually, it’s not just managers that don’t listen – it’s also employees, husbands, wives, kids, students, teachers, and just about human being with two ears...Category: Listening Skills, Organizational Communication, Special: ArticlesComments Off on Why Managers Don’t Listen (Poor Listener Syndrome): and the Cures!
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Harvard and Beyond: 4 Ways Machine Learning Is Making Researchers More Efficient
by Jan Shawkey"Machine learning and AI are ubiquitous these days, and people are finding all kinds of creative ways to use it in the realm of research...Category: Intelligent Technologies and Artificial Intelligence, Special: ArticlesComments Off on Harvard and Beyond: 4 Ways Machine Learning Is Making Researchers More Efficient
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4 Lessons from the Longest Running Study on Happiness
by Jan Shawkey"Essential, data-derived advice for leading a happy, healthy life, shared by researcher and psychiatrist Robert Waldinger...Category: Persuasive Messages, Special: ArticlesComments Off on 4 Lessons from the Longest Running Study on Happiness
