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August 2018
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https://www.themuse.com/advice/5-digital-nomad-habits-anyone-can-adopt-make-days-inspiring – interesting prompts to put some active thought into breaking paradigms of where and when we work.
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https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/7-ways-find-inspiration-work/your-career/article/1458264 – short article with 7 checkpoints to maintain inspiration within yourself and your own work – common sense, but easily forgotten unless we make a conscious effort.
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https://hbr.org/2017/09/how-to-rediscover-your-inspiration-at-work – useful short Harvard Business Review article on actions and decisions you can take when you become mindful that you have lost the buzz.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/glennllopis/2013/05/06/10-things-inspire-teams-to-optimally-perform/#771f84246c83 – what I like about this article is that it highlights the need for depth required for true inspiration, in contrast to the business tendency for more superficial solutions.
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https://www.lifehack.org/articles/work/15-secrets-running-meetings-like-the-worlds-top-innovative-companies.html – its good to know what successful businesses are emphasising, but please read with care – there are many disadvantages to a one-size-fits-all solution, particularly in meetings.
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https://www.lifehack.org/articles/work/10-things-you-can-make-meetings-effective.html – some straightforward basics to effective meetings, except that items 4 and 10 are rooted in old (non-digital) paradigms of meetings.
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https://brightonleadership.com/2018/07/10/increase-meeting-effectiveness/ – effectively covers a checklist of 8 good questions to ask around meetings – brief and straightforward