A handful of new surveys reveal many Americans are planning to work through the holidays, increasing both their vacation starvation and the risk of burnout. The dreary economy can’t help, but are new ways of working, including remote teams and constant connectivity, partly to blame? … Read More »
Recently recognized as a technology innovator on the InformationWeek 500 list, Six Flags Entertainment has embraced the cloud for external content sharing and collaboration. Thanks to Box, Six Flags now securely shares any type of file with outside vendors and partners, from anywhere, on any device. Read More »
The road to optimal productivity and happiness at the lowest cost is paved with pallet racks, the internet, yoga and local organic leafy green salads, according to Freeman Murray, the co-founder of Jaaga, which is pretty much the coolest co-working space you’ll find out there. Read More »
Gen Y members may be natural telecommuters, as FlexJobs CEO Sara Sutton Fell has claimed, but it appears their natural affinity for mobile work doesn’t come equipped with natural instincts for data security, at least if a new survey from Cisco is to be believed. Read More »
Dave Kashen of Quantum Leading calls for a change in startup culture. He believes that when we operate according to our core values and principles, in pursuit of a vision for the future that inspires us, we maximize our individual and collective well-being. Read More »
A nonprofit research center that specializes in long-term forecasting recently released a report detailing the 10 key skills that will be relevant to the workforce of the future. What are they, and are our schools doing enough to instill them? Read More »
As in-house counsel charged with procuring outside legal services, corporate lawyer Nick Cronin saw how inefficient the process of sourcing professional services could be for businesses. He decided to do something about the problem, and niche online labor platform ExpertBids was born. Read More »
Cloud-based presentation service Prezi kicked up a fuss when it offered a dynamic alternative to dreary formats. Now, two years after launch, the Hungarian startup has scored a serious round of funding to take the battle to PowerPoint. Read More »
Forget the romance of the high-flying executive lifestyle. When a virtual events company recently asked execs whether they’d prefer a virtual conference to a trip to several American cities, large percentages said yes, citing the horrors of modern business travel. Houston, we have a problem. Read More »
Goal setting is traditionally one of the most top-down aspects of business, with executives setting the agenda and employees often unclear on how their daily work fits into that vision. Now Rypple is teaming up with Spotify to reimagine goal setting with Social Goals 2.0. Read More »
A new survey from Intuit QuickBase shows an increasing number of tech-savvy employees are building their own solutions without going through official IT channels – some even despite official IT opposition. Is this good news or bad for IT? For workers? Read More »
It’s the holiday season but the impulse to celebrate gets a bit more complicated if you have colleagues spread from New Delhi, India to New Haven, Conn. How can you hope to bring everyone together to celebrate the season and build a bit of camaraderie? Read More »
More Must Reads
