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Hybrid working: organisational development
Money & Business

Hybrid working: organisational development

...education, work expectations and access to technology. Understanding how to bring different generations together to learn from each other can be beneficial to an organisation, to encourage diversity and different perspectives. The infographic from Generation Z provides a useful overview of the traits, characteristics and values each generation may bring to the workplace....
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Why school is bad for us - an inaugural lecture by Professor Jonathan Rix
Miscellaneous

Why school is bad for us - an inaugural lecture by Professor Jonathan Rix

...Education & Language Studies at The Open University, will deliver his inaugural lecture on Why school is bad for us – lessons we need to learn, on Thursday 16 November at The Open University, when he will explore this obsession and ask if there are some simple ways to release teachers from these shackles. In his lecture, Professor Rix will draw on everyday examples from...
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Digital carbon footprints and remote working
Nature & Environment

Digital carbon footprints and remote working

...technology utilisation point of view, workplace tools allow for centralised reporting on time used. Beyond this, as Tom Greenwood mentioned in the interview above, staff can be incentivised to provide regular updates which can be anonymised and aggregated to create a holistic snapshot. It should be noted though, that an employer’s efforts to understand their worker’s...
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Could your brain activity be used in evidence against you?
Society, Politics & Law

Could your brain activity be used in evidence against you?

...technology is improving. There are various methods of detecting false statements or concealed knowledge, which vary greatly. For example, traditional “lie detection” relies on measuring physiological reactions such as heart rate, blood pressure, pupil dilation and skin sweat response to direct questions, such as “did you kill your wife?” Alternatively, a...
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Musicians, loops and the longest piece ever
History & The Arts

Musicians, loops and the longest piece ever

...technology can make musical use of the sound of a dog eating a carrot...Musicians work with patterns. Repeating patterns of notes and repeating patterns of rhythms are what enable listeners to follow and understand a piece of music. Many composers have been fascinated by the effects that can be created by repeating the same pattern over and over again, something that...
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Future of Empowerment
Society, Politics & Law

Future of Empowerment

...technologies can be used to empower people to transform their lives, the economy and the world around them...Transcript The empowerment era The 21st century has been called the “empowerment era”. Values such as work-life balance and flexible employment are now firmly part of the mainstream. Yet these advances have been offset by the loss of labour power linked to the...
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30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’
Money & Business

30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’

...technologies [quarterly survey 30th anniversary front page image] Select image to download the report now The digital revolution and the recent growth of mobile technologies have been key drivers of change for SMEs over the past three decades, according to the 30th anniversary issue of the Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain, published by The Open University's...
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Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?

...technologies to enhance sports training has been steadily progressing over the last thirty years. From football, tennis and rugby, to gymnastics and trampolining, different technologies are now being used for the collection of data to inform athlete skill development and performance (Jaswal, Stergiou and Katz, 2022). Fitness trackers, embedded sensors and smart watches...
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