By now we all know that we sit too much at work. Those who work in an office typically spend 65% to 75% of their working hours sitting, half of which is in prolonged periods of sustained sitting, according to new research from a group called Public Health England. The study, which included experts from the UK, US and Australia, calla for a revolution in the workplace through the use [Read More]
We are hosting a fun, workplace-elevating event on June 18, and we would love for you to join us. Please click on the image to register to attend our June Open House. If you would like to print a copy of the invitation click here.
Help us support Ted’s Race Across the Sky In August, our director of sales, Ted Gruener, will be taking part in the Leadville 100, a grueling 100 mile race across the Rocky Mountains at elevations ranging from 9,000 to 12,000 feet. Ted is embarking on this challenge to support the City Of Hope, because like so many of us, Ted has been personally touched by cancer — and he wants [Read More]
A quick and dirty calculation reveals that you could print the entire internet on 136 billion pieces of standard 8-by-11 sheets of paper. Stack that many sheets of paper one on top of the other and you would get a column about 8,300 miles high! (Assuming that the average thickness of each sheet is .0039 inches.) George Harwood and Evangeline Walker, students at the University of Leicester in the UK, [Read More]
Here’s what we’re reading this morning It’s Not Just You: Work-Life Balance Is Getting Harder – Inc.com What it Takes to Do Work That Matters — Shawn Blanc 5 Office Design Strategies That Will Make Employees Happier – Fast Company Daily habits to make yourself smarter – Business Insider How to Take Better Coffee Photos – The Phoblographer
More than one-in-three American workers today are Millennials (adults ages 18 to 34 in 2015), and this year they surpassed Generation X to become the largest share of the American workforce, according to new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. This milestone occurred in the first quarter of 2015, as the 53.5 million-strong Millennial workforce has risen rapidly. The Millennial labor force had last year surpassed that [Read More]
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