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WORKPLACE

Think you’re multitasking? Think again

Electronic distractions cut our productivity, even reduce our IQs

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Business consultant Mark Satov uses a mobile device at his Toronto office. He has used social media and mobile devices to make him a more efficient leader.
ADVANCED IT: LEADERSHIP

Social networking flattens the management pyramid

Social media and mobile devices change the top-down nature of corporate management

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Organization

Running out of time? Use apps to track your day

Short of time? Use apps to track your day

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EARLIER

Making performance management more like Facebook

Daniel Debow is co-founder of Rypple, a social performance-management platform

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John Carlan, managing mirector with Javelin Technologies, with employee Barbara Jarosz demonstrating the Rypple software.
ADVANCED IT: HR SOFTWARE

Giving the boot to traditional performance reviews

Thanks to social media and cloud computing, people-management software is undergoing a transformation

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Ths president of Cisco Canada, Nitin Kawale, speaks with Cisco employees both in Ottawa and Toronto through a TelePresence machine in Cisco's Toronto office.
Virtual meetings

10 tips for running online teams

Eliminate technical glitches, turn on the webcam, then focus on the meeting, offering frequent pauses to give people a chance to think

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Ryan McDonald of Uncommon Innovation at work in Calgary.
Earlier

How to make the most of virtual teams

Join Andrew Gaudes for a talk about the way business will work in the future

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Ryan McDonald, president of UnCommon Innovation in Calgary, helps software makers develop products. At least 70 per cent of his customers now work in virtual teams, he says.
ADVANCED IT: VIRTUAL TEAMS

To Bolivia and beyond: how to collaborate abroad

To access global talent, far-flung groups are relying on tools such as Minigroup to manage projects and communicate online

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Workplace

The 24/7 office: 10 strategies for switching off

Employees are staggering under the weight of expectations, either real or perceived, that they have to be ‘always on’

Shaping the Future poll

What do you think of your employer's performance review system?

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Science
Robot bird unlocks secrets of flight

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's SmartBird - the avian robot. German engineers claim they have succeeded in unlocking the secrets of bird flight.

Technology
Setting up your home office

Duncan Stewart details his home office set-up and explains the pros and cons of working from home

Deloitte's Duncan Stewart