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The Week That Was

on March 28, 2013 · Comments · in The Week That Was

With the first full week of spring in the books, catch up with these top five stories from CLOmedia.com for the week of March 25. 1. The Power in Standing While Working, Learning: Teach and encourage workers to stand when working. Stand up for something that makes people healthier at little cost, writes CLO columnist Jay [...]

Give Gen Y Time to Play

on March 28, 2013 · Comments · in Ask A Gen Y

The pressures of day-to-day operations are huge. As long as there are deadlines (and when will there not be deadlines?), who has the time to innovate? The answer is those given the time to innovate. Management gurus have long sung the praises of giving employees free time to fiddle with ideas they initiate, and that [...]

The Week That Was

on March 14, 2013 · Comments · in The Week That Was

College basketball fans have just one more week before the greatest tournament — the NCAA men’s basketball tournament — gets under way. Kill the final weekend of sanity before the madness begins with these top five stories from CLOmedia.com for the week of March 11. 1. An Inside Look at Walgreens University: Walgreens is doubling its [...]

How Millennials Are Changing Education

on March 1, 2013 · Comments · in Ask A Gen Y

A few weeks ago I came across an article by Vicki Zakrzewski, education director for The Greater Good Science Center, an interdisciplinary research center, at the University of California at Berkeley, that suggested Gen Y teachers could fix the U.S. school system. Intrigued that my generation could fix a problem that could “destroy everything” if [...]

The Week That Was

on February 28, 2013 · Comments · in The Week That Was

Ah, yes. March, a month when we bid farewell to winter (well, maybe not us folks in Chicago), get caught up in college basketball and get ready for the boys of summer and baseball. What better way to start the month than with these top five stories from the week of Feb. 25. 1. Evidence [...]