If you think building office culture is tough, wait until you try it with a remote team. Even resource-rich enterprises like Yahoo, Aetna, and IBM have failed to make the arrangement work. Why? Because digital interaction is a poor substitute for face time. Without that time, three in four U.S.…
It’s counterintuitive, but it’s true: Sometimes, the best way for a business to save money is to spend it. Take accounting. At a rate of $150 to $400 per hour, an accountant might sound like a serious expense for a small business. But if that accountant helps it claim unusual…
Snackmakers love to pretend every snack they sell is healthy. But the truth is, many “healthy” snacks aren’t the smart choices they claim to be. Take baked potato chips. Their fat content may be lower than their fried counterparts, but that’s not saying much. A one-cup serving of baked potato…
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…
Thanks to the latest Farm Bill, cannabidiol is now federally legal. Better known by the acronym “CBD,” the compound is a derivative of the hemp plant, which is now classified as a crop to be managed by the Department of Agriculture. Previously, hemp and CBD were treated as controlled substances…
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.…
Office work makes people hungry. Even if they aren’t lifting weights at their desks, employees need tons of energy to fuel their brains through busy days. Snacks are the perfect remedy for the mid morning munchies or the afternoon blues. When employees have access to food, they can fuel up…
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.…