Feb 16, 2022

Times change. Brand shifts, workplace flexibility, art forms.

By Mary Trigiani • Issue #1080 • View online

If we’ve never been on the receiving end of open scorn, surreptitious contempt or duplicitous maneuvers, it can be difficult to recognize pain in our fellow travelers on this earth. It could be even more difficult to understand how markers that began as jokes and slurs have worked their way not just into our language but into our world views. We have a marvelous opportunity, right now, right on our doorsteps, to consider how we try to escalate empathy and propel civilization forward.

6 Ways Brands Can Respond To Cultural Shifts - Branding Strategy Insider

Words come preloaded with history, prejudicial connotations, and sometimes overtly hateful intent. And business names are no exception. Many companies are undergoing careful inventories around their business and brand monikers. We’re not talking about trademark issues here, or even effective marketing taglines. We’re talking about ensuring an absence of offense.

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What is workplace flexibility? - Technical.ly

Prognostications on the future of work and visions of the new normal surround us. The vision of young technologists in a tech office sounds oh so 2019. Perhaps though, there is no one future, and if you’re looking for someone else to tell you the one right path forward is, you might likely miss the mark.

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8 Ancient Discoveries That May Change the Way You Think About Jewelry, Which Some Consider the World’s Oldest Art Form

“Far before metal works and gold Sumerian jewels, reputed to be the first gold jewelry in antiquity, many important items belong to prehistory,” said Guillaume Glorieux, the director of teaching and research at Van Cleef & Arpels’s L’École. For ancient peoples, “ornaments, and then jewels, are the very first expression of the human soul and the oldest art form.”

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