Caffeine has a complicated relationship with productivity. Drink a cup of coffee before work, and you’ll feel ready to face the day. Drink another when you sit down at your desk, and you’ll think faster and work harder. But drink a third or fourth before lunch, and you might trade…
Why is it that $2 can buy a cheeseburger but not a head of lettuce? One requires an animal to be raised and slaughtered, grain to be farmed and refined, milk to be extracted and processed into cheese, cucumbers to be picked and sliced, and more. The other needs only…
Food is good for the body, the mind, the soul — and the business? It might not be common knowledge, but companies that feed their employees snacks throughout the day enjoy a whole host of benefits that foodless companies rarely see. Maybe that’s why companies are investing more into office…
All the blizzards, prayers, and political turmoil in the world can’t stop it: Tax time is coming. For accountants, attorneys, bankers, regulators, invoice collectors and more, the New Year isn’t just a celebration; it’s the start of an onslaught. Papers will pile up, clients will panic, and coffee will flow.…
If you subscribe to anything other then media outlets, you should thank Marc Benioff. In 1999, Benioff co-founded Salesforce on a business model that had been all but abandoned. He knew that application service providers, as they’d been called since the idea met the market in the ‘60s, had struggled.…
Office managers are the workplace’s greatest unsung heroes. Photocopier not working? The office manager can fix it. Can’t find the vacuum cleaner? The office manager probably knows where it is. Need a Band Aid? Ask the office manager. But office managers do far more than answer questions. They’re in charge…
Let’s be honest: The holiday season is a caloric catastrophe. The average American’s Thanksgiving dinner is 4,500 calories by itself, never mind the snacks that surround it. To be clear, there’s nothing wrong with joining family for a hearty meal now and again. But we all know how easy it…