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Expert Insights Into How AI Can Boost Remote Team Collaboration
While concerns about artificial intelligence often center on job displacement and reduced human connection, a different reality is beginning to take shape—one where AI strengthens how teams work together. For remote and distributed organizations in particular,...
Why Are So Many Workers Holding Multiple Jobs?
About one in 20 workers has multiple jobs, a rate not seen since the waning days of the dot-com boom. There are still a lot of U.S. workers holding down multiple jobs — about one in every 20, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s fallen a fraction of a...
India: 23 Million GIG Workers By 2030
By 2030, India will have over 23 million gig workers. Most of them will have no formal contract, no social security and no guaranteed income. This is not a future risk. It is already the reality. India is in the middle of a structural shift in how work is defined and...
The Four‑Day Week Won’t Happen Overnight, But It Could Transform How We Live And Work
A century ago, the five-day working week helped reshape society. It was introduced at scale by industrial pioneers to address not only worker wellbeing but also economic pressures. US industrialist Henry Ford was among the first to give workers two full days off per...
Brooklyn Entrepreneurs Win Big At First Ignite Pitch Competition
Three Brooklyn small businesses took top honors at the inaugural Ignite Brooklyn Made Pitch Competition on April 15 at BRIC Arts Media, where finalists competed live for a share of $50,000 in additional funding. More From Breathe On
Federal Job Applicants Can’t Skip ‘Loyalty Question’
New essay questions on many federal job applications, asking candidates how they would advance the Trump administration’s policies, are optional, according to the Office of Personnel Management. But new documents submitted in a lawsuit seeking the removal of these...
Engineering Without The Liberal Arts Is A Broken Machine
This whole-brain approach to engineering is neither emphasized nor practiced nearly enough. Sure, our school, like any school, supports the idea of exploratory education on paper. UConn regularly boasts about their general education program: an overflowing course...
Leadership Macomb Visits Detroit Arsenal
A group of leaders from throughout Macomb County were introduced to the county’s defense and aerospace industries April 15 with visits to the U.S. Army’s Detroit Arsenal and General Dynamics Land Systems as part of the Leadership Macomb program. The Detroit...
