This week we’re talking about the downfall of the cash for carbon system, Elon Musk’s increasingly desperate plans to make money with X, and can AI-made photos help you get a job?

Plus, what happens when people actually start using their sick days, and are walking meetings really the answer to productivity?

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This week we’re getting an insight into the chaotic world of Gen Z through their spending habits, lamenting the anti-social behaviour of autumn obsessed influencers, and questioning the energy use of AI.

Plus, the Nobel prize in economics finally brings us the “why” of the gender pay gap – and hopefully will lead to solutions – and we ask are Ring cameras funny or dangerous?

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This week, Mark Zuckerberg brings us one good idea and somehow the worst idea we’ve ever heard.

Plus, are we entering the age of subscription, what is Monk Mode, and will chatbots be replacing tedious work, or simply replacing junior staff?

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You’ve heard of first world problems, well this week we’re bringing you modern world problems. From the ring camera, which may or may not be a menace to society, to our most scammed generation.  

TikTok even has it’s own subset of problems – their self-centred CV function and TikTok Shop encroaching on users viewing pleasure.

Plus, can the segmentation method make you happier at work?

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This week we’re looking at the (over) safe space that is Threads, how you can go to the doctor via YouTube, will your friends hate you if you use AI to talk to them, and why are fossil fuels turning to Instagram?

Plus, a very important lesson on how to NOT be passive aggressive in the workplace.

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This week we’ve been educating ourselves by learning about what makes Elon Musk tick, and why it shouldn’t be our problem, the technology behind the Apple watch double tap, which is much more interesting than the people presenting the Apple keynote, and finding out what the word “kidfluencer” means.

Plus, are our cars spying on us? (yes). And, should we be sliding into employers DMs? (maybe).

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This week we’re coming at you with a tech heavy edition, with Google’s new AI features front and centre, and various ways to get out of video calls…

Plus, what general madness is Musk up to now, and why is it important, how the CEO of a tracking app made peace with the teens he was helping track, and why there are currently more women than ever in the workplace, and how can we keep them there?

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This week it’s officially back to school, and we’ll be bringing you the latest in what’s going on as we all go back to work.

Including ChatGPT being allowed into the classroom, the best paying job of the year, and how many tattoos can you reasonably have if you want to work in a good position? 

Plus, we’re asking should you be vulnerable on LinkedIn, and is the walking desk the hamster wheel of the 2020s?

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This week we’ll be breaking down Zoom’s journey off the rails, considering how AI could replace YouTubers, and wondering if AI in dating apps will be the last straw to send people back to lonely hearts ads in the paper, or a welcome addition to the dating game.

Plus, in the work world, we’ll be introducing Burn Out’s boring cousin, and new laws to protect employees against AI bias in the hiring process.

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This week, many of you will be on vacation, some of us certainly are.

Unless, you’re about to take your vacation, and currently spending your days vacillating between dreaming about being poolside, or stressing about everything you need to do beforehand. Don’t worry, we’re here to give you some tips.

Or, you’ll be on your way back from vacation, and experiencing the Sunday scaries x100. Again, don’t worry – we’ve got tips for that too.

Unless you’re not taking any vacation at all, and we’re here to tell you why that might be a bad idea.

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This week we’ll be getting into the latest tech news, discussing why TikTok is the new destination for bargain hunters or sellers with the gift of the gab, Elon Musk’s newest disaster – this time it involves him taking a charitable organisation to court, classy – and how AI is changing the internet.

And as always, we’ll also be bringing you some people expertise, from the secret life of a McKinsey consultant and why it’s not all that it seems, to the companies giving “micro bonuses” all year round.

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This week we’re bringing you a work special because, drumroll….. The Great Resignation™ is over. Apparently.

We’ll be dissecting why the experts are calling this the end of an era, and why it won’t make things easier for employer… Hint, Gen Z have something to do with it. As one era ends, another begins.

We’ll also be looking at remote work vs. the sneaky ways employees try to get people to work more, the importance of being an inclusive leader, and the psychology behind office romance.

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We’re coming at you with this newsletter after an exciting week of news, from X (if you don’t know what we’re talking about you must be living under a rock) to Glassdoor via Barbie.

We’ll also be diving into the more existential questions of AI and creativity, and following up on last weeks dive into company love-bombing with more red flags to look out for when looking for a new job.

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This week we’ll be giving you some solid advice.

From whether your brand should be on Threads, to how to use AI without becoming part of the AI machine (not easy) and why micro-influencers give you more bang for your buck.

On the career front, we’ll be talking how to avoid love-bombing (as a recruiter or an employee) and could adult work experience be the answer to burnout?

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This week we’ll be talking terms and conditions, mascara, and truck driving – an eclectic mix, if ever there was one.

What do these things all have in common? As always, they can teach us more about the worlds of tech, marketing, and the people and strategy behind all of it.

We’ll be encouraging you to read the small print, asking what really makes something viral, and dissecting the latest downward spiral in Elon Musk Land. We’ll also be finding out what makes lazy girls tick, and how is going into the office like a workout?

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This week, we ask, were Meta able to launch Threads because of Elon Musk (spoiler alert, yes, absolutely) and speaking of him, why is Mr M actually hiding tweets?

Plus, some interesting musings on the “global water cooler”, Shein’s disastrous PR trip to sweatshops, I mean factories, in China, and can AI help us learn languages?

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This week, two tech millionaires have agreed to a cage fight, and Apple are trying to trademark apples. No, seriously.

We also bring you concrete ways to reduce the carbon footprint of the contents of your phone, how to ensure your LinkedIn profile is as showing you in the best light.

Plus, how can the creators of AI Large Language Models ensure that they don’t do more harm than good?

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Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models – whatever it’s being called, it’s literally all anyone is talking about right now.

Our LinkedIn feed is full of post after post about how to use ChatGPT to become a millionaire overnight, how to get AI to do your job for you, and people claiming to be “Prompt Engineers”. In contrast, news outlets take a much more sceptical, even fearful, approach.

The first wave of hype was simply about the fact that it existed, but now we know what it is, what can it actually do?

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This week we’re watching Linda Yaccarino bat it out of the park as Twitter’s new CEO, but will she be able to undo the mess Elon Musk made with Twitter staff?

Plus, Apple step it up a notch in the Apple vs. Android Wars, Mark Zuckerberg continues being Spock, AI can’t save us from burnout, and how Dyslexic Thinkers can take your business to the next level.

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This week we’re doing an Apple special. Despite the fact that Tim Cook is the blandest and least charismatic most cardboard man ever to lead a tech company, making Bill Gates look like Elvis Presley and forcing us to fondly reminisce the day when Steve Black Turtleneck Jobs was at the helm, right now Apple are undeniably at the centre of a lot of the current tech and marketing trends.

From the introduction of spatial computing via headset, to their very Apple take on the current AI hype and why their marketing very rarely misses.

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