Medically reviewed by Heidi Moawad, M.D. — Written by Rebecca Joy Stanborough, MFA In the 11th century, a Japanese woman known as Murasaki Shikibu wrote “The Tale of Genji,” a 54-chapter story of courtly seduction believed to be the world’s first novel. Nearly 2,000 years later, people the world over are still engrossed by novels — even in an […]

by By Paul Bergeron shrm.org Since April, global real estate data company CoStar has randomly awarded $10,000 each day to a vaccinated employee who returned to a physical office. Additionally, CoStar is awarding vacations to Barbados and flights via the company’s private plane to three employees, and one grand-prize winner will receive a new Tesla. Chief […]

by David Morel writing for Forbes After more than fourteen months, the world’s biggest work-from-home experiment is coming to an end. As the Covid-19 vaccine program continues at pace, many businesses are looking to resume office life, and they want their employees back at their desks. Goldman Sachs has told staff to “make plans to be in […]

By Haleema Shah SMITHSONIANMAG.COM Working inside an office during a heatwave in June. A dinner party in July. Buying chocolate in August. If you talk to Salvatore Basile, author of the book Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything these things wouldn’t have happened in America without the ability to cool the temperature around us. “It has shaped our […]

by By: Paul Bubny Connect National As vaccine rollouts continue and city and state economies reopen, the office sector is poised for an increasingly widespread return-to-work movement. However, “return to work” doesn’t mean a return to pre-pandemic business as usual.  For both landlords and tenants, the remote work environment of the pandemic raised new questions […]

By Lauren Smith McDonough, Brittney Morgan and Alex Aronson Esquire.com When you plan a vacation, most people tend to go to more popular places, right? It’s usually cities they’ve read about or towns and attractions that have been recommended by friends and family. But that’s about to change, because there are plenty of small towns in America that are worth traveling to, […]

by  Nancy writing for MyHackerNews There’s a new phishing scam circulating in which the victim receives an email claiming that undelivered mail is being held for them on their Outlook Web Mail service. The email will have the subject line “Notifications | undelivered emails to your inbox”. The email body contains a table of undelivered […]

by Katie Holmes OutWit Trade Working from home has been a difficult adjustment for many of us during the current pandemic. For those struggling to be productive at home, here are some great tips a wide range of professionals have sent us on how they were able to make the most of working at home. […]

from NMAAHC On “Freedom’s Eve,” or the eve of January 1, 1863, the first Watch Night services took place. On that night, enslaved and free African Americans gathered in churches and private homes all across the country awaiting news that the Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect. At the stroke of midnight, prayers were answered as […]

by Vanessa Van Edwards writing for Science of People Do you know how to speak with your hands? Holler and Beatie found that gestures increase the value of our spoken message by 60%! The best, most charismatic speakers and influencers know the importance of using hand gestures. Leaders use specific hand gesture patterns. Science of […]