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Biohacking your way to your best work
This Working Life Podcast, ABC, 09 May 2022Cryotherapy, sleep apps and binaural beats, are just some or the more than 20 bio-hacks individuals round the world use to perform their best...
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Musk says Twitter may charge slight fee for commercial and government users
Reuters, Reuters, 04 May 2022While confirming affirmed that Twitter will always be free for ‘casual’ users, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted that there may be a ‘slight’ fee for commercial and government users. Musk tweeted that "some revenue is better than none!", echoing his plans to better monetise the platform to compete with other social media giants, such as...
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RSF’s 2022 World Press Freedom Index: a new era of polarisation
RSF, RSF, 03 May 2022The 2022 edition of the World Press Freedom Index, which assesses the state of journalism in 180 countries and territories reports democracies supporting the freedom of the press are being weakened by repressive regimes waging propaganda wars whilst controlling their own state media outlets. National and international polarisation has continued...
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Facebook, Twitter remove false claims about vote tampering
Tom McIlroy, Australian Financial Review, 03 May 2022Claims about vote manipulation in the May 21 Federal Election and suggestions postal ballots are being interfered with, have been removed from mainstream social media sites at the request of the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). The request comes as the AEC attempts to stop the spread of disinformation before the vote. Meta has gone...
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The loneliness of the hybrid worker
Caroline Knight, Doina Olaru, Julie Anne Lee, and Sharon K Peter, Reuters, 02 May 2022Whilst remote work has its benefits, there are drawbacks beyond blurred work-life boundaries. Neuroscience research has found that only in-person interactions trigger the full suite of physiological responses required for optimal human communication and trust-building, and that videoconferencing disrupts our processing of communicative...
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Airbnb’s five rules for work-from-anywhere
Walter Frick, Quartz, 30 April 2022It’s simple: the more companies let employees work remotely, the higher the chances that workers will book long-term stays on Airbnb. This is the reason why Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky announced “five new features” of the company's work policy, which goes further than other tech giants in granting flexibility to its employees. The new features...
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Facebook moderators call on firm to do more about posts praising Bucha atrocities
Alex Hern, The Guardian, 30 April 2022Facebook moderators have called on the company to let them take action against users who praise or support the Russian military's atrocities in Bucha, and across Ukraine. Almost a month after evidence of widespread murder and mass graves was uncovered by Ukrainian forces taking the suburb of Kyiv, the social network still has not flagged the...
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An Indian IT firm’s employee retention plan includes free matchmaking
Alex Hern, The Guardian, 30 April 2022An Indian IT Firm has managed to retain employees by using an internal matchmaking service. In a country where women migrate for marriage and men migrate for work, companies must go beyond pay packages and perks. In 2006, the Madurai-based firm Sri Mookambika Infosolutions began offering special increments to employees, which has since grown...
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What to do if your job compromises your morals
Ron Carucci and Ludmila N. Praslova, Harvard Business Review, 29 April 2022Moral injury occurs across occupations and is a trauma response to witnessing or being part of workplace behaviours that contradict one’s moral beliefs in high-stakes situations. While the ultimate responsibility for preventing moral injury rests on organisational decision makers, individual employees are often forced to deal with the...
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Four-day week kicks off new wave of flexible work culture
Amantha Imber, The Australian Financial Review, 27 April 2022Thanks to the Great Resignation and a very heated war for talent, there has never been a more critical time for organisations to start obsessing about the experience of their staff. According to a review conducted by behavioural science consultancy Inventium, Australasia’s top-ranked companies took flexibility a step further, revealing that...
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