Rethinking work means finding alternatives to email | Motive's Elyssa Seidman: The case for mandatory leave | Employers placing more emphasis on voluntary benefits
41% of employees think about entering a new career According to a recent Microsoft study, 41% of employees have considered not just changing jobs but moving to a brand new career. The key to switching careers lies not in necessarily going back to school but developing lifelong skills that transfer across career fields, notes Marni Baker Stein from Western Governors University: "The transferability of skills from one industry to another is a big part of what skilling and re-skilling and up-skilling are all about." Full Story: KSL-AM/FM (Salt Lake City) (5/14)
Rethinking work means finding alternatives to email Email is used for too many things, and companies should be working now to find better ways to communicate, writes Cal Newport. "A world without email, which is really a world without the hyperactive hive-mind workflow, is coming," he argues. Full Story: Next Big Idea Club Magazine (5/14)
Motive's Elyssa Seidman: The case for mandatory leave Mandatory time off is the answer to burnout, writes Motive's Elyssa Seidman, who cites an experiment conducted by SimpliFlying that made employees take set leave and resulted in increased productivity, happiness and creativity. "It's the post-pandemic perk both employees and employers need to make work work," Seidman writes. Full Story: Adweek (5/14)
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Employers placing more emphasis on voluntary benefits According to the Willis Towers Watson Emerging Trends in Health Care Survey, 94% of employers say voluntary benefits are an important part of their offerings in 2021, compared to 36% three years ago. The fastest-growing types of voluntary benefits include hospital indemnity, identity theft, pet insurance, critical illness, and group legal. Full Story: BenefitsPRO (free registration) (5/14)
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Cooperation is crucial for evolution The article dissects the role cooperation can play in the evolution of certain species. It focuses primarily on how direct reciprocity and indirect reciprocity shape the experience and reputation of participants in activities that can drive wider cooperation among a group. Full Story: IST Austria (5/14)
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Researchers at Rice University are looking to harness traditional electronics, bio-electronics and synthetic biology to overcome jet lag. The project aims for a wireless device that can be implanted to prompt cells to produce light-responsive peptides to regulate sleep cycles. Full Story: SlashGear (5/14)
