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In our Friday Faves for Friday 3 June 2022, we introduce the re-framed Friday Faves; spotlight in our Friday Five the Elon Musk approach to remote work – return to the office or else, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for Friday 27 May 2022, we take a look at the office as an efficiency trap; workers in the office feeling less connected than remote workers; and what the four-day workweek means for the future of work. Plus, our Friday Five, with five other stories we think you might find interesting this week, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for Friday 20 May 2022, we take a look at flexible working now arriving in aisle 3; ask what managers are doing about change exhaustion; and explore a ‘day in the life’ of an NFT consultant. Plus, our Friday Five, with five other stories we think you might find interesting this week.

In our Friday Faves for Friday 13 May 2022, we take a look at the loneliness of the hybrid worker; what we’ve learned about remote working 2 years on from the onset of the pandemic; and alt-text. Plus, our Friday Five, with five stories we think you might find interesting this week, and Sydney Business Insights’ The Future, This Week podcast.

In our Friday Faves for Friday 6 May 2022, we take a look at research showing we think less creatively on Zoom; and celebrating the angels of the internet. Plus, our Friday Five, with five stories we think you might find interesting this week, and Sydney Business Insights’ The Future, This Week podcast.

In our Friday Faves for Friday 29 April 2022, we take a look at Elon Musk’s purchase of twitter, and asking better questions to improve critical thinking. Plus, our Friday Five, with five stories we think you might find interesting this week, and Sydney Business Insights’ The Future, This Week podcast.

In our Friday Faves for Friday 22 April 2022, we take a look at how we might protect privacy in an AI-enabled world, and how to be happier and more successful as we age. Plus, our Friday Five, with five stories we think you might find interesting this week

In our Easter edition of Friday Faves, this week on Thursday, we take a look at how flexibility is making us happier, and rewilding our attention. Plus, our Friday Five, with five stories we think you might find interesting this week, and Sydney Business Insights’ The Future, This Week Podcast.

In our Friday Faves for Friday 8 April 2022, we take a look at Saturation Theory and knowing when you’re done with research; and 4 tips for building a community. Plus, our Friday Five, with five stories we think you might find interesting this week, and Sydney Business Insights’ Unlearn Podcast.

In our Friday Faves for Friday 1 April 2022, we take a look at an April Fool’s Day roundup and the neuroscience of trust. Plus, our Friday Five, with five stories we think you might find interesting this week, and Sydney Business Insights’ The Future, This Week Podcast.

In our Friday Faves for Friday 25 March 2022, we take a look at the TikTok growing up, and how emphasising brilliance can lead to a toxic culture that excludes women. Plus, our Friday Five, with five links we think you might find interesting this week, and Sydney Business Insights’ The Future, This Week Podcast.

In our Friday Faves for Friday 18 March 2022, we take a look at the end of passwords, 4 ‘secrets’ of successful digital-first companies, and a drone-swarm QR code in the sky. Plus, our Friday Five, with five links we think you might find interesting this week, and Sydney Business Insight’s The Future, This Week Podcast.

In our Friday Faves for Friday 11 March 2022, we share a message of hope as we stand with Ukraine; we explore Women’s History Month and #breakthebias; and take a look at a book review of The End of Bias. Plus, our Friday Five, with five links we think you might find interesting this week.

In our Friday Faves for Friday 4 March 2022, we take a look at working definitions and shared meanings; and the pain and pleasure of being a cyborg. Plus, our Friday Five, with five stories you might find interesting this week.

In our Friday Faves for Friday 25 February 2022, we take a look at the case for hiring older workers. Plus, our Friday Five, with five links you might find interesting this week.

In our first Friday Faves for 2022, we look at five challenges of hybrid work, and how to overcome them.

In our final Friday Faves for 2021, we share pieces that look back on the year that was 2021, and take a peek at a few trends and predictions for 2022. Happy holidays! Stay safe, enjoy the break, and we’ll see you in 2022!

In our Friday Faves for 10 December 2021, we take a look at eye contact signalling a new turn in a conversation, fixing work-life balance in hybrid and remote workplaces, and a few more ways to keep yourself occupied at home. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, hybrid workplace, remote work and social media, and the Unlearn Podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 3 December 2021, we take a look at ‘living robots’ that reproduce, a Star Trek signature encoded onto DNA is the latest NFT, automation may need oversight by humans engaged in a process of reasoning, and a few more ways to keep yourself occupied at home. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, hybrid workplace, remote work and social media.

In our Friday Faves for 26 November 2021, we take a look at 13 ways to look at Post-it notes, how to stop languishing and find your flow, and a few more ways to keep yourself occupied at home. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, hybrid workplace, remote work and social media, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 19 November 2021, we take a look at a TED series rethinking the way we work, and a few more ways to keep yourself occupied at home. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, hybrid workplace, remote work and social media, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 12 November 2021, we take a look at a couple of big questions in when does it make sense to have mixed-mode meetings? And how should organisations manage hybrid work? Plus, a few more ways to keep yourself occupied at home, and all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, hybrid workplace, remote work and social media.

In our Friday Faves for 5 November 2021, we take a look at research into having cameras on or off, ways to reduce friction between remote and onsite employees, and a few more ways to keep yourself occupied at home. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, hybrid workplace, remote work and social media, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 29 October 2021, we take a look at what motivates us to learn, rethinking assumptions about how employees work, and a few more ways to keep yourself occupied at home. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, hybrid workplace, remote work and social media, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 22 October 2021, we take a look at the top strategic tech trends for 2022, and a few more ways to keep yourself occupied at home. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, hybrid workplace, remote work and social media, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 15 October 2021, we take a look at how NFTs are building the internet of the future, how to train your brain to be more curious at work, and a few more ways to keep yourself occupied at home. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, hybrid workplace, remote work and social media.

In our Friday Faves for 8 October 2021, we take a look at the environmental thread of e-waste, a better method for brainstorming, and a few more ways to keep yourself occupied at home. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, hybrid workplace, remote work and social media, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 1 October 2021, we take a look at the problem with complex passwords, how to use storytelling in your community, and a few more ways to keep yourself occupied at home. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, hybrid workplace, remote work and social media, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 24 September 2021, we look at when did you last clean your phone?, a futurist’s guide to preparing your company for constant change, and a few more ways to keep yourself occupied at home. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, hybrid workplace, remote work and social media, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 17 September 2021, we look at how we can rediscover joy at work, and a few more ways to keep yourself occupied at home. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, hybrid workplace, remote work and social media, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 10 September 2021, we’ve got reads & watches on whether we can make sucky meetings more fun, a bit of a Nudge, and redefining productivity for the hybrid era. Plus a few more ways to keep ourselves occupied at home and all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, the digital workplace, hybrid & remote work and plenty more.

In our Friday Faves for 3 September 2021, we have a great roundup of reads for you, from a few more ways to keep ourselves occupied at home to our regular Friday Fives on topics including future of work, the digital workplace, hybrid & remote work, social media and plenty more.

In our Friday Faves for 27 August 2021, we take stock of another year gone by and why we need to protect our sense of wonder. Plus a few more ways to keep ourselves occupied at home and all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, the digital workplace, hybrid & remote work and plenty more.

In our Friday Faves for 20 August 2021, we’ve got reads on transforming the learning function and why it needs to learn new ways, and a look at Facebook’s new VR workplace. Plus a few more ways to keep ourselves occupied at home and all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, the digital workplace, hybrid & remote work and plenty more.

In our Friday Faves for 13 August 2021, we’ve got reads on much anew about nudging, and the endless digital workday, as well as a few more ways to keep ourselves occupied at home. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, the digital workplace, hybrid & remote work and plenty more.

In our Friday Faves for 6 August 2021, we look at daydreaming making us happy, how to make stress your friend, and a few more ways to keep ourselves occupied at home. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, the digital workplace, hybrid & remote work and plenty more.

In our Friday Faves for 30 July 2021, we look at a lack of evidence chance meetings boost innovation, pandemic dogs, 3 must-have soft skills for hybrid work, and a few more ways to keep yourself occupied at home. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, the digital workplace, hybrid & remote work and plenty more.

In our Friday Faves for 23 July 2021, we look at the hidden biases of working from home, 7 ways emotional intelligence helps remote workers connect to their workplace, and a few more ways to keep yourself occupied at home. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, the digital workplace, hybrid & remote work and plenty more.

In our Friday Faves for 16 July 2021, we look at a test of AI interview tools and what they found, why bad design can actually be good, and a few more ways to keep yourself occupied at home. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, the digital workplace, hybrid & remote work and plenty more.

In our Friday Faves for 9 July 2021, we look at how memory works and why forgetting is totally OK, practicing joy to get out of our rut, and a few more ways to keep yourself occupied at home. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, the digital workplace, hybrid & remote work and plenty more.

In our Friday Faves for 2 July 2021, we look at how humans think when they think as part of a group, 3 phrases to try (and 3 to avoid) to communicate with empathy, and a few ways to keep yourself occupied at home if you’re in lockdown. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including future of work, hybrid workplace, remote work and social media, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 25 June 2021, we look at the perfect number of hours to work each day, and the 5-step process to transform your luck and become more creative. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including the future of work, the hybrid workplace, remote work, and social media, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 18 June 2021, we look at mapping the internet, and 10 questions to ask to find out if your hybrid workplace could be toxic. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including the future of work, the hybrid workplace, remote work, and social media, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 11 June 2021, we look at 5 behavioural biases that trip up remote managers; and 5 ways to reimagine the future of work. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including the future of work, the hybrid workplace, remote work, and social media, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 4 June 2021, we look at why we remember more by reading, especially in print; and 5 myths about flexible work. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including the future of work, the hybrid workplace, remote work, and social media, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 28 May 2021, we make a case against the term ‘geriatric millennial’ and share our cartoon of the week. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including the future of work, the hybrid workplace, remote work, and social media.

In our Friday Faves for 21 May 2021, we take a look at the rise of digital olfaction, and 3 ways to encourage informal communication in a hybrid workplace. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including the future of work, the hybrid workplace, remote work, and social media.

In our Friday Faves for 14 May 2021, we take a look at how to set your new employee up for success. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including the hybrid workplace, remote work, and social media, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 7 May 2021, we have reads on how Pixar uses colours to hack our brains, and the Stanford-designed system to help you navigate the post-pandemic workplace. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including the hybrid workplace, remote work, and social media, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 30 April 2021, we have reads on how a lack of small talk is ‘breaking’ our brains, and that blah you’re feeling is called languishing. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including the hybrid workplace, remote work, and social media, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 23 April 2021, we have reads on relearning the art of small talk, and 6 fun activities for your next virtual meeting. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including the hybrid workplace, remote work, and social media, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 16 April 2021, we have a piece on driving remote innovation through conflict and collaboration, and take a look at loneliness. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including the hybrid workplace, remote work, and social media, and The Future, This Week from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 9 April 2021, we look at small talk, virtual meeting fatigue and post-pandemic life, and how a lack of connection during the pandemic affected our ability to think positively. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including the hybrid workplace, remote work, and social media.

In our Friday Faves for 1 April 2021, we look at creative coping, and 4 things Gen Z & Millennials expect from the workplace. Plus, we have all our regular Friday Fives, including the hybrid workplace, remote work, and social media, and The Future, This Week from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 26 March 2021, we look at trust as the secret of adaptable organisations and whether WFH is eroding it, as well as home offices and a life lived online. Plus, we have all our regular Friday Fives, including the hybrid workplace, remote work, and social media, and The Future, This Week from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 19 March 2021, we look at how people who text while walking actually do ruin everything, and using art to reignite your team’s motivation. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including the hybrid workplace, remote work, and social media.

In our Friday Faves for 12 March 2021, we look at why you should stop telling women they have imposter syndrome, and 6 ways to keep change fatigue from wearing down your teams. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including the hybrid workplace, remote work, and social media, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 5 March 2021, we have some top 10 lists for you: the top 10 findings on resilience and engagement, and the top 10 breakthrough technologies for 2021. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including the hybrid workplace, remote work, and social media.

In our Friday Faves for 26 February 2021, we have reads on your ideas are not your identity (and how to get better at changing your mind), and a global report on changing expectations and the future of work. Plus all our regular Friday Fives, including the hybrid workplace, remote work, and social media.

In our Friday Faves for 19 February 2021, we have reads on what learning to juggle does to your brain, and 10 takeaways from the Digital Workplace Experience conference. Plus our regular Friday Fives, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 12 February 2021, we have reads on the future of social networks might be audio, how to train your brain to be more present, and how living in space will change the way we age. Plus our regular Friday Fives, and the Corona Business Insights podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 5 February 2021, we have reads for you asking are you paying attention, and some tips on how to make small talk remotely (without sounding like a weirdo). Plus our regular Friday Fives, and The Future, This Week podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 29 January 2021, we have reads on being an ethical online investigator, dogs are officially back in the White House, 6 powerful communication tips, and Twitter’s Birdwatch. Plus, our Friday Fives and the Corona Business Insights podcast from Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 22 January 2021, we have reads on tech that aims to improve meetings, and why empathy should be the key ingredient in products. Plus our Friday Five, and The Future, This Week from Sydney Business Insights.

This week, as we gleefully move beyond 2020 and settle into the brand new year, we take a look back at our top 5 Friday Faves posts from 2020, with a bonus look at our top performing post overall which was on a very pandemic-related subject: working remotely.

In our final Friday Faves for 2020, we share pieces that look back on the year we will all gladly soon farewell as well as a few trends for 2021, and share a wish from Whoppi for more dog-human interaction in the world next year. Happy holidays! See you in 2021.

In our Friday Faves for 11 December 2020, we have reads on why virtual collaboration won’t be the death of creativity, and 6 startups that could change the way we work. Plus all our regular weekly segments: Friday funnies, Friday Fives, things to do at home, and Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 4 December 2020, we have reads on the late Tony Hsieh on organisational culture, and how Microsoft crushed Slack (and does this signal the end of work-driven tools?). Plus all our regular weekly segments: Friday funnies, Friday Fives, things to do at home, and Corona Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 27 November 2020, we have reads on what next for remote work; and virtual HQs and the race to win over a remote work fatigued market. Plus all our regular weekly segments: Friday funnies, Friday Fives, things to do at home, and Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 20 November 2020, we have reads on VR and the COVID mental health crisis; stop using 123456 as your password; and why post-pandemic Ubers and Netflixes will be nothing like their predecessors. Plus all our regular weekly segments: Friday funnies, Friday Fives, things to do at home, and Corona Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 13 November 2020, we have reads on the top 10 job skills of tomorrow; how the end of the office may mean the end of your boss; 15 tips for hosting virtual offsite; and lockdown, the 2020 word of the year. Plus our cartoon of the week, and all our regular weekly segments: Friday funnies, Friday Fives, things to do at home, and Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 6 November 2020, we have reads on if they rebuild it, will they come back?, work from home space winner, and the state of remote work 2020. Plus all our regular weekly segments: Friday funnies, Friday Fives, things to do at home, and Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 30 October 2020, we have reads on the sources of resilience, and the art of the pandemic meltdown. Plus all our regular weekly segments: Friday funnies, Friday Fives, things to do at home, and Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 23 October 2020, we have reads on social media, influencers, networks and trolling for truth; and the top strategic tech trends for 2021. Plus all our regular weekly segments: Friday funnies, Friday Fives, things to do at home, and Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 16 October 2020, we have reads on tree hugging, and debugging distributed teamwork. Plus all our regular weekly segments: Friday funnies, Friday Fives, things to do at home, and Corona Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 9 October 2020, we have reads and watches on the future of your office is in VR, moving beyond remote: workplace transformation in the wake of covid, Facebook rebuts The Social Dilemma, and how awe walks could do wonders for wellbeing. Plus our usual segments: Friday funnies, Friday Fives, things to do at home, and Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 2 October 2020, we delve into Dressing for Zoom and take another look at The Social Dilemma from a different perspective. Plus all our regular segments including Friday funnies, Friday Fives, things to do while you’re staying home, and Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 25 September 2020, we are focused on social media companies with a look at The Social Dilemma and ‘Mark [Zuckerberg] in the Middle’. Plus all our regular segments including Friday funnies, Friday Fives, things to do while you’re staying home, and Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 18 September 2020, we have reads on new ways of working require new ways of designing workspaces, and why your brain is so foggy. Plus all our regular segments including Friday funnies, Friday Fives, things to do while you’re at home, and Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 11 September 2020, we have reads on listening to the sounds of the office at home, whether virtual watercooler moments can work remotely, and why every year (but especially 2020) feels like the worst year ever. Plus all our regular segments including Friday funnies, Friday Fives, things to do while you’re staying home, and Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 4 September 2020, we are focused on masks this week, from history to fashion and ‘smizing’. We also take a look at social cryptomnesia, plus we have all our regular segments including Friday funnies, Friday Fives, things to do while you’re staying home, and Sydney Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 28 August 2020, we commemorate 2 years without our friend and colleague Natalie Hardwicke, we say goodbye to Sir Ken Robinson, and we take a look at ‘information foraging’. Plus all our regular segments, Friday funnies, Friday Fives on work, tech, social media & more, things to do while you’re staying home, and Corona Business Insights.

In our Friday Faves for 21 August 2020, we have reads & watches on the 2020 gender pay gap, digitising burning man, and ‘shooting’ masks onto people’s faces – and plenty more! Plus, don’t forget to RSVP to our remote work meetup next Friday.

Listen to Ripple Effect Group’s Anne Bartlett-Bragg & Flex We Are’s David Shirley chat with host Michelle Ockers on the Learning Uncut podcast as they explore the future of physical spaces for work and learning. A great way to get primed for our next Remote Work Meetup on 28 August with David as our special guest!

Join us on Friday 28 August 2020 at 8am (Sydney time) for our next Remote Work meetup! This month we’ll be discussing embedding and normalising flexible work with special guest David Shirley, Partner & Co-Founder of Flex We Are.

In our Friday Faves for 14 August 2020, we have reads on the new invisible workforce, covid sniffer dogs, and the death of a smart city; as well as Corona Business Insights, Friday fives, Friday funnies, and some stuff to read while you’re keeping yourself at home.

In our Friday Faves for 7 August 2020, we have reads on why people can’t or won’t social distance, you can still burnout working from home, and every self-help book ever, boiled down to 11 simple rules; as well as Corona Business Insights, Friday fives, Friday funnies, and some more ways to occupy yourself at home.

In our Friday Faves for 31 July 2020, we have reads on A Nixon Deepfake, a ‘Moon Disaster’ Speech, and an Information Ecosystem at Risk; and Shirking from Home; as well as our cartoon of the week, Corona Business Insights, Friday fives, Friday funnies, and yet more ways to keep yourself occupied at home.

In our Friday Faves for 24 July 2020, we have reads on what comes after Zoom fatigue, and every decision is a risk and every risk is a decision; as well as our cartoon of the week, Corona Business Insights, Friday fives, Friday funnies, and a few more ways to keep yourself occupied at home.

In our Friday Faves for 17 July 2020, we have reads on your trainer might be a deepfake, and how to get what you want at work with tips from a hostage expert; as well as Corona Business Insights, Friday fives, Friday funnies, and a few more things to keep yourself occupied at home.

In our Friday Faves for 10 July 2020, we have reads on why we can’t stop looking at ourselves and talking to our devices, and how to hack your brain to remember almost anything; as well as Corona Business Insights, Friday fives, Friday funnies, and a few more things to keep yourself occupied at home.

In our Friday Faves for 3 July 2020, we have reads on the art of contact tracing; and stalkerware becomes even more sinister during a pandemic; as well as Corona Business Insights, Friday fives, Friday funnies, and a few more things to keep yourself occupied at home.

In our Friday Faves for 26 June 2020, we have reads on the sounds of silence; Barcelona’s Opera House reopens (with a twist); and 6 work phrases to drop if you want your team to like you; as well as Corona Business Insights, Friday fives, Friday funnies, and another round-up of ways to occupy yourself at home.

In our Friday Faves for 19 June 2020, we have reads and watches on Jane Elliott’s work and walking a mile in my moccasins; and ways to make virtual meetings more effective; as well as The Future, This Week, Friday fives, Friday funnies, and even more ways to occupy yourself at home.

In our Remote Working Meetup on 12 June 2020, we discussed where we go from here with our meetups. Read more about what comes next, and don’t forget to RSVP to join us again on Friday 19 June for our next meetup – this week, an informal networking session.

In our Friday Faves for 12 June 2020, we have reads on the state of community management 2020; 8 ways to build an amazing online workspace; and 5 cognitive biases and how to avoid them; as well as The Future, This Week, Friday fives, Friday funnies, and yet more ways to occupy yourself at home.

In our Remote Working Meetup on 5 June 2020, we discussed a proposal for returning to the physical workplace that involves cyclic reopening. Read our wrap up of the discussion, and don’t forget to RSVP to join us again on Friday 12 June as we continue to explore the world of remote work and how ‘reopening’ the physical workplace might look.

In our Friday Faves for 5 June 2020, we have reads and watches on a COVID-19 ‘exit’ strategy and Black Lives Matter | Aboriginal Lives Matter; as well as The Future, This Week, Friday fives, Friday funnies, and still more ways to occupy yourself at home.

In our Remote Working Meetup on 29 May 2020, as many locations continue easing restrictions on the slow road to ‘reopening’, we discussed the challenges faced by third places and community spaces like libraries. Many questions remain – read our wrap up of the discussion, and don’t forget to RSVP to join us again on Friday 5 June.

In our Friday Faves for 29 May 2020, we have reads and watches on zoom fatigue (it’s real); ‘work with me’ on YouTube; and the neural effects of forced social isolation; as well as The Future, This Week, our cartoon of the week, Friday fives, Friday funnies, and yet more ways to occupy yourself at home.

In our Remote Working Meetup on 22 May 2020, as many locations begin easing restrictions on the slow road to ‘reopening’, we discussed the social experience of reopening and some of the many questions that remain when it comes to a return to the physical workplace. Read our wrap up of the discussion in this post, and don’t forget to RSVP to join us again on Friday 29 May!

In our Friday Faves for 22 May 2020, we have reads and watches on putting the X back into employee experience; working through it; dogs trial sniffing out COVID-19; why you can’t believe all the visual cues in video calls; and seven Slack tips; as well as The Future, This Week, our cartoon of the week, Friday fives, Friday funnies, and some more ways to occupy yourself at home.

Last week’s Remote Working Coffee Meetup continued the conversations about returning to work, collective mindsets, changing company culture and trying to imagine what the office experience would look like.

In our Friday Faves for 15 May 2020, we have reads on Australians embracing their values as we emerge from COVID-19; what evolution tells us about our need for personal space; and Twitter and ‘working from home “forever”’; as well as The Future, This Week, our cartoon of the week, Friday fives, Friday funnies, and some more ways to occupy yourself at home.

A review of our Remote Working Coffee Meetup conversations. This week we considered some of the issues about returning to the workplace, including individualism versus collectivism.

In our Friday Faves for 8 May 2020, we have reads on live-streaming helping China’s farmers survive; Zoom babysitters; Notre Dame one year on; and insights into our thoughts and fears from Google Trends; as well as The Future, This Week, our cartoon of the week, Friday fives, Friday funnies, and some more ways to occupy yourself at home.

This week, as various locations prepare to ease restrictions somewhat, the Remote Working Meetup group discussed our readiness for a return towards “normal”. Are we ready? We looked at some essential considerations, including safety, communication, trust and empowerment, that organisations and leaders need to consider right now, as well as in preparing for a return to the physical workplace.

In our Friday Faves for 1 May 2020, we have reads & listens on isolation, fear and time; Bill Gates’ views on moving forward; and why Mormonism is the best religion for cyborgs; as well as The Future, This Week, our cartoon of the week, Friday fives, Friday funnies, and some more ways to occupy yourself at home.

The Remote Working Meetup group continued our reflections on the current state of remote working under crisis conditions. We discussed what practices we wanted to keep, and what practices were not useful under usual business conditions. But we also reflected on the sense of grief and loss for the way things used to be. How will this impact the way we work in the future?

In our Friday Faves for 24 April 2020, we have another great roundup of reads and watches for you as well as The Future, This Week, our cartoon of the week, Friday fives, Friday funnies, and a few more ways to occupy yourself at home.

After our Easter break, the Remote Working Group returned to explore what remote work during lockdowns was really like. What skills and challenges were being faced? What leadership skills are required during these times?

In our Friday Faves for 17 April 2020, we have reads on an elegy for cash, the technology we might never replace; the parents are not alright; and pandemic fashion; as well as The Future, This Week, our cartoon of the week, friday fives, friday funnies, and a few more ways to occupy yourself at home.

In our Friday Faves for 9 April 2020, we’re talking about leadership and compassion, how lockdown isn’t an introvert’s paradise after all, some ideas for staying entertained at home, and that the discomfort you’re feeling is grief. Plus we’ve got our Friday Fives on misinformation, COVID-19, work, tech & social media; The Future, This Week; and some Friday Funnies to give you a giggle.

The challenges continue. This week all the Remote Working Group were under stricter lockdown conditions, but varying periods of time. We reviewed what work might look like post-COVID-19 and how we might redesign and influence what remote working looks like.

In our Friday Faves for 3 April 2020, we continue to be focused on coronavirus and COVID-19, including remote work and how some employers love it while others are panic buying spyware, the surrealness of life in a pandemic, and the rise of Zoom; our Friday Fives on COVID-19, work, tech & social media; The Future, This Week; and some Friday Funnies to give you a giggle.

A review of the Remote Working Coffee Meetup from Friday 27 March. In this blog we review the discussion about working from home tech infrastructure and provide details for our next meetup on Friday 3 April (AEDST).

In our Friday Faves for 27 March 2020, we – like everyone else – are focused on coronavirus and COVID-19, including misinformation and the WHO joining WhatsApp to combat it; our Friday Fives on COVID-19, work, tech & social media; the struggle to focus; and some Friday Funnies to give you a giggle.

Last Friday morning (Australian Daylight Savings Time), 20 March, we launched the first of our weekly Remote Working Coffee Meetups. In this blog we review the discussion and provide details for our next meetup on Friday March 27 (AEDST)

In our Friday Faves for 20 March 2020, we have info about our new remote working meetup group and our cartoon of the week, plus reads on staying sane during the pandemic (and how not to hate the people you’re quarantined with); COVID-19, work, tech and social media Friday fives; and The Future, This Week.

As more workplaces adopt remote working practices or will be required to by government restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19, we will be challenged to sustain morale and maintain efficiency. Our contribution to supporting our clients and others who would like to participate, is a series of people-focused remote working strategies. But most importantly we are intending to create a global community that supports each other through these times – however long that is going to be.

In our Friday Faves for 13 March 2020, we have our cartoon of the week plus reads on ecosystems, loyalty’s next frontier; the Florence Innovation Project; why pseudoscience is so seductive; don’t touch your face; novel coronavirus, work, tech and social media Friday fives; and The Future, This Week.

In our Friday Faves for 6 March 2020, we are focused on International Women’s Day (8 March) and novel coronavirus. We have our cartoon of the week and reads on leveraging your workplace technologies and combating misinformation; plus tech and social media Friday fives, and The Future, This Week.

In our Friday Faves for 28 February 2020, we have our cartoon of the week plus reads on intergenerational consulting; saying goodbye to Katherine Johnson; nearly 100 leadership models; could this be the last leap year?; photos reveal intimate lives of honeybees; tech and social media friday fives; and The Future, This Week.

In our Friday Faves for 21 February 2020, we have reads on how to protect against phishing and scams; building an open mobility ecosystem with blockchain; buzzwords help us pretend to be adults; tech and social media friday fives; and The Future, This Week.

In our Friday Faves for 14 February 2020, we have our cartoon of the week and reads on coronavirus, the first true social media infodemic; how to talk to people who spread myths; Zappos quietly backs away from holacracy; manipulating you with dark UX patterns; tech and social media friday fives; and our fake future.

In our Friday Faves for 7 February 2020, we have our cartoon of the week and reads on how the sharing economy erodes privacy; inside the no-meetings and transparent salary culture at Alan; humans could learn from puppy teamwork; hidden biases driving anti-veganism; five interesting reads on social media; and The Future, This Week.

In our Friday Faves for 31 January 2020, we have reads on the cartoon of the week; the loss of Clayton Christensen; the first woman and openly gay coach to reach the Super Bowl; the highest resolution photos ever taken of the sun; five interesting reads on social media; and The Future of Power: India’s billionaire raj.

This week, as we settle into the new year, we take a look back at our top 5 Friday Faves posts from 2019.

In our final Friday Faves for 2019, we share pieces that look back on the year we will soon farewell, trends for the year ahead, a look at some ‘end of a decade’ articles (does the decade end in 2019 or 2020?), and take a closer look at ’emotional baggage’. Happy holidays, everyone.

In our Friday Faves for 6 December 2019, we have reads on the internet, 50 years on; making the power of improv work for your workplace; the perils & pleasures of bartending in Antarctica; the week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In our Friday Faves for 29 November 2019, we have reads on why robots should learn to build “crappy” furniture; ethical AI for talent management; 2 strategies to improve your arguments; the week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In our Friday Faves for 22 November 2019, we have reads on Google acquiring Fitbit – and your health data; Google says goodbye to TGIF; salary transparency and workplace wellness; the week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In our Friday Faves for 15 November 2019, we have reads, watches and listens on screen time is good for you (maybe); teens turn to TikTok to show bushfire reality; 11 things learned about user research from Mindhunter; using storytelling to communicate; the week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In our Friday Faves for 8 November 2019, we have reads, watches and listens on introducing the Natalie F. Hardwicke Best Student Paper Award; Google’s plan to fight tech addiction with paper; 30 years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall; the week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In our Friday Faves for 1 November 2019, we have reads on how to become indistractable; machine-written novels are closer than we think; smarter airports; the internet turns 50: 5 milestones that created it; the week in social media; and Seeing in Colour with Alvy Ray Smith.

In our Friday Faves for 25 October 2019, we have reads on how watercooler talk can improve productivity and culture; the people who are trying to save us; flying from Australia to the UK in 4 hours is a step closer; the lines of code that changed everything; the week in social media; and Thinking with Daniel Kahneman.

In our Friday Faves for 18 October 2019, we have reads on why people keep falling for viral hoaxes; hackers used in crowdsourced attempt to find missing people; productivity and the joy of doing things the hard way; building your team’s critical thinking skills; the week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In our Friday Faves for 11 October 2019, we have reads on how remote work is quietly remaking our lives; robot racing drones may soon beat human pilots; how The Good Place taught its characters and creators moral philosophy; the week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In our Friday Faves for 4 October 2019, we have reads on the four-day workweek; Uber Works; using Wi-Fi to help swimmer stay between the flags; a gel that works like a vaccine for fires; how to get better feedback; the week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In our Friday Faves for 27 September 2019, we have reads on the danger of thinking we’re ‘addicted’ to tech; bringing opera to a new generation through VR; the fantasy of opting out; the week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

Rethinking success in an era of disruption at the annual DISRUPT.SYDNEY™ conference on 20 September. Ripple Effect Group attended and heard different perspectives on how we can reframe and reshape success – here’s our wrap up of the event.

In our Friday Faves for 20 September 2019, we have reads and watches on the made-up concept of old age and how it’s hurting us all; creating a deepfake of your own voice; the human skills we need in an unpredictable world; workplace burnout; the week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In our Friday Faves for 13 September 2019, we have reads on robot priests; AI detecting sepsis; the positive impact of tourism on a small village; how Gen Z will revolutionise the workplace; the week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In our Friday Faves for 6 September 2019, we have reads on how 80 years of office design has shaped employee wellbeing; uber for kids; coming soon: a space hotel; improve meetings by removing the table; the week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

DISRUPT.SYDNEY™ is back in 2019. Join us on 20 September 2019 at the University of Sydney Business School Castlereagh St Campus as we rethink success in an era of disruption, inequality, sustainability and a changing nature of work.

In our Friday Faves for 30 August 2019, we have reads on the good, bad and leaks of biometrics; surveilling school students; space laws; the transhumanists who want to live forever; the week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In our Friday Faves for 23 August 2019, we reflect on a death, loss and philosophy as we remember our colleague Natalie Hardwicke a year on from her passing. We also have reads on over 65 entrepreneurs; the purpose of a corporation; AI is coming & Australia needs policies; this week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 16 August 2019, we have reads and watches on the women creators of the world’s biggest edtech companies; A robotic tale to keep ageing population mobile; US healthcare in Mexican hospitals; amazing psychology of Japanese train stations; the week in social media; and the age of inequality.

In Friday Faves for 9 August 2019, we have reads and listens on AI and emotion recognition; Woolworths’ mini-robots for processing online shopping; emoji don’t mean what they used to; meet Generation Alpha; and this week in social media.

In Friday Faves for 2 August 2019, we have reads and watches on the future of women at work; Facebook is working on reading your mind; a Wikipedia for gen Z; 5 phrases that make people discount your message; how sound in your home affects your mood; the week in social media; and The Future of Power.

In Friday Faves for 26 July 2019, we have reads and watches on how Notre Dame was nearly lost; AI may do your next job interview; reducing car parking to manage sprawl and pollution; reading past scientific clickbait; the week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 19 July 2019, we have reads on 2019’s top 10 emerging technologies; packaged medical tourism; weaponised ticks; generalise, don’t specialise; the week in social media; and In Conversation with Keith Chen.

In Friday Faves for 12 July 2019, we have reads on the neuroscience of instagram’s negative impact on teen girls; billboards are having a heyday; a film expert mythbusts the moon landing conspiracy theory; turning 7 deadly emotions into your career superpowers; and the week in social media.

In Friday Faves for 5 July 2019, we have reads on anti-robot sentiments of travellers; second coming of robot pets; Costco’s cult following from breaking every rule in retail; cockroaches are evolving; ethics, privacy and public DNA databases; and the week in social media.

In Friday Faves for 28 June 2019, we have reads on what gaming and virtual currency have to do with business; parents’ financial information stolen from a high school; what you wanted to know about biohacking but were afraid to ask; Facebook’s Libra; and the week in social media.

In Friday Faves for 21 June 2019, we have reads on why the future of work is human; can you spot the photoshopped face; people are growing horns; VR training police in empathy; Facebook’s Libra; the week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 14 June 2019, we have reads & watches on Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends 2019; Uber’s flying taxis; welcoming 1 star Yelp reviews; deepfakes and Facebook; influencing with the ‘anti-Influencer’; the week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 7 June 2019, we have reads & watches on remembering D-Day; AI in our brains; cybersecurity and hacking; who is your iPhone talking to; 5 dumb common hiring practices; little things that affect work relationships; the week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 31 May 2019, we have reads & watches on the robots learning languages; futurism; Pokemon Sleep; the recycling farce; a 30 second trick to improve creativity; and the week in social media.

In Friday Faves for 24 May 2019, we have reads on the role of poo in digital; Notre Dame; Amazon’s 3D body scanning; the new kilogram; why everyone hated season 8 of Game of Thrones; the week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 17 May 2019, we have reads & listens on studying the behaviour of AI; the extinct bird evolution recreated; green vs blue; eyeballs the mouse of the future; the week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 10 May 2019, we have reads & listens on the alternative workforce; another Notre Dame update; The Netherlands tries to manage tourism boom; in defence of exclamation points; reclaim your weekend for fun not chores; the week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 3 May 2019, we have reads, watches & listens on human downgrading; a Notre Dame update; black holes; lack of sleep is killing us; take a complaint cleanse; this week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 18 April 2019, we have reads on how technology will help rebuild Notre Dame; Fortnite goes corporate; more Fitbits for cows; body hacking in hospitals; inside 15 months of fresh hell at Facebook; this week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 12 April 2019, we have reads on Instagram replacing the contacts list; more on AI ethics; robot fruit pickers; reducing congestion in our cities; how a story about gender equality proved the persistence of patriarchy; this week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 5 April 2019, we have reads and listens on AI ethics; spider silk robotic muscles; esports get serious; UX clichés; this week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 29 March 2019, we have reads and listens on the world of work in 2035; digital distractions; drones flying hospital blood samples; 2019 trends & millennials; this week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 22 March 2019, we have reads, watches and listens on why we’re asking the wrong questions of Facebook & YouTube after NZ; voice mining; Google’s Stadia; conquering imposter syndrome; this week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 15 March 2019, we have reads, watches and listens on joining Team Human; how AI will rewire us; building devices to connect the elderly left behind by technology; the case for daily naps; this week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 8 March 2019, we have reads, watches and listens on celebrating International Women’s Day with a look at women in business & STEM; the hipster effect and conforming non-conformists; ethics and military tech; a radical idea to replace politicians; meet the ‘Delete Nevers’; this week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 1 March 2019, we have reads, watches and listens on how photography affects you; defending against deepfakes with blockchain; why returning astronauts can’t drive; inventing the future with 10 impactful technologies; this week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 22 February 2019, digital distraction makes you something something; dogs teaching humans to be better bosses; you’re the reason cyber attacks are rising; the website 10 year challenge; this week in social media; and Understanding humans: The future of you.

In Friday Faves for 15 February 2019, we have reads on Mirrorworld, the next big tech platform that will be sparked by AR; Valentine’s Day tech; RIP Mars Opportunity; the surprising value of obvious insights; this week in social media; and Impactful technology: Giving the world a better face.

In Friday Faves for 8 February 2019, we have reads on crowdsourcing maps to help driverless cars; the hell our e-waste has created; smart bees can learn math; keep your passwords secure; this week in social media; and In Conversation: Women and the future of work.

In Friday Faves for 1 February 2019, we have reads on Apple busting Facebook for circumventing the app store (and sucking up your data); people are not pets; our meatless future; what will software look like when anyone can create it; this week in social media; and In Conversation: Misbehaving with Dan Ariely.

In Friday Faves for 25 January 2019, we have reads on Deloitte’s Tech Trends Report; robots teaching themselves to walk; robots getting fired; a tip to get better feedback; Super Bowl ad teasers; this week in social media; and In Conversation: Mind the fake news.

In Friday Faves for 18 January 2019, we have reads on the font that helps you remember what you read; cotton seeds sprout on the Moon; driverless rooms; an update on flying cars; how millennials became the burnout generation; and In Conversation: Uber, money and monkeys.

The 2019 Consumer Electronics Show was held in Las Vegas over 8-11 January 2019. Here, we share some of the technology and trends from the event.

In Friday Faves for 11 January 2019, we have reads, watches & listens on Google’s new interpreter; turning Facebook into a positive by learning from its algorithms; psychological barriers to the future of automated flying cars; setting goals that aren’t new year’s resolutions; this week in social media; and In Conversation: The power of followership.

This week, as we welcome in the new year, we take a look back at our top 5 Friday Fave posts for 2018.

In our final blog for 2018, we share pieces that look back on the year we will soon farewell, trends for the year ahead, offer up a few suggestions for your holiday reading, and remember our friend and colleague, Natalie Hardwicke. Happy holidays, everyone.

It’s been a busy 18 months for Aurea since the acquisition of Jive in 2017, capped off by their inaugural Aurea Experience 18 conference held in both Munich and New Orleans. Here’s our wrap up of the two events.

In Friday Faves for 14 December 2018, we have reads, watches & listens on apps selling your location data; why the ACCC’s moves on Facebook & Google matters, big time; the fastest animal on Earth; why we all take the same travel photos; treat your work tech like a colleague; this week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 7 December 2018, we have reads, watches & listens on what blockchain changing media and entertainment companies; CIMON the AI turns belligerent; do you have the critical capabilities to reinvent the enterprise; a song to reduce anxiety by 65%; this week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 30 November 2018, we have reads, watches & listens on what problems will you solve with blockchain; AI for good; drones can transport human organs; why decision-making for others is easier than for ourselves; life is not a journey; this week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 23 November 2018, we have reads, watches & listens on how do you tell who’s human online; 3D bio-printing in cancer research; what’s the deal with Fortnite?; Facebook’s latest crisis; this week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 16 November 2018, we have reads on teaching AI common sense; learning to code with Harry Potter; ghost restaurants; the current reality of the voice technology revolution; this week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 9 November 2018, we have reads on robot gender stereotypes; lizards inspire robot design; doctors hate their computers; the case against fighting to focus; this week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 2 November 2018, we have reads on AI and deliberate misjudgement; AI creates fine art; malaria-sniffing dogs; there’s a market for bottled air; 5 imperatives for digital transformation; this week in social media; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 26 October 2018, we have reads on blockchain and what it needs for widespread adoption; proof your office sucks; 3-D printing homes; 100 websites that shaped the internet; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 19 October 2018, we have reads and watches on empathy for robots and the importance of curiosity; dancing robots; digital disruption of media and politics; the Braveheart effect; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 12 October 2018, we have reads on learning in a virtual world; Walmart wants to know how shoppers feel; travel in 2030; Snapchat is disrupting TV; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 5 October 2018, we have reads on the blockchain economy; AI creating anime; searching for truth in a fake news world; gender targets for improving business and politics; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 28 September 2018, we have reads on a (brief) history of memes; social credit in China; deepfakes; drawing to learn; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 21 September 2018, we have reads, watches and listens on disruption in line with today’s Disrupt Sydney conference, with a focus in on AI and robots in disrupting our work and our lives.

In Friday Faves for 14 September 2018, we have reads on whether digital devices are altering our brains; is owning less a good thing; will AI replace the artist; sexism and misogyny are bad business; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 7 September 2018, we celebrate our one and only Nat Hardwicke with a small collection of Nat’s Friday Faves contributions over the course of the series, with each shared ‘Fave’ selected by our REG team Friday Faves contributors.

In Friday Faves for 31 August 2018, we remember our dear friend & colleague Natalie Hardwicke with a team-selected collection of tweets from Nat that speak to us in some way.

Yesterday was the saddest day in Ripple Effect’s history. Yesterday we were absolutely devastated to learn that our dear friend and colleague, Natalie Hardwicke, had passed away unexpectedly over the weekend.

In Friday Faves for 24 August 2018, we have reads on robots & the theory of mind; artificial general intelligence; persuasive technology; inducing lucid dreams; reading with robot partners; and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 17 August 2018, we have reads on the return of robots; truth, disrupted; what makes a liveable city; ScreenX to battle Netflix; preparing for the jobs of the future; and The Future, This Week.

Ready to challenge assumptions and expectations to disrupt the workplace? In this post, Natalie Hardwicke discusses breaking the 4th wall in the workplace, a key idea we will also explore in our Disrupt Sydney workshop on 21 September.

In Friday Faves for 10 August 2018, we have reads on how technology has impacted reading, robot art, human evolution in the digital era, robotics drawing girls into STEAM, instagram data contradicts user-stated dislikes, and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 3 August 2018, we have reads on blockchain in Catalonia, digitising life to cheat death, digital land rights, interviewing TMNT via VR, what all employees should know about AI, and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 27 July 2018, we have reads & listens on the real story behind the fake story, why students should study philosophy, Biometric Mirrors and ethical use of AI, Google’s AI chips coming to your own computer, the 4 day work week, and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 20 July 2018, we have reads, watches & listens on empowering employees in the digital workplace, 3d printed guns are legal, what comes next?, passive radar to track space junk, introverts & leadership, why you should publish web content in HTML not PDF, and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 13 July 2018, we have reads & listens on quantum theory says the future influences the past, what if we were paid for our data, the new Magic Leap headset is coming soon, open plan offices impact collaboration, the rise of ‘pseudo AI’, and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 6 July 2018, we have reads & listens on how poetry & math intersect, big changes coming to the way we fly, crafting the rules for driverless cars, the 10 commandments of UX, and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 29 June 2018, we have reads on Twitter users morning analysis and evening angst, the employee revolts in Big Tech, work in the next decade, Neil deGrasse Tyson wants to teach kids astrophysics, and the psychology of dread tasks.

In Friday Faves for 22 June 2018, we have reads, watches & listens on Trump’s Space Force, Facebook can open your eyes in photos, is there a smarter path to AI, and The Future This Week.

In Friday Faves for 15 June 2018, we have reads, watches & listens on working memory, the bullshit-jobs boom, chatbots at work, UberAir, how language shapes our thinking, a podcast approach for learning, and The Future This Week.

In Friday Faves for 8 June 2018, we have reads & listens on Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends for 2018, developing empathetic robots, looking inside the mind of a robot, how to queue, and The Future This Week.

In Friday Faves for 1 June 2018, read and watch about design – speculative design, designing technology for distraction, designing Androids, design challenges for Alexa, and designing the employee journey.

In Friday Faves for 25 May 2018, we have reads & listens on future cities, ethics at work and Project Maven, battling cybercrime, the game too explicit for Australia, State of Community Management reports, and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 18 May 2018, we have reads, watches & listens on Yanny vs Laurel, training for an optimistic brain, wearable agritech, High School eSports League, the radical frontier of inclusive design, and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 11 May 2018, we have reads on deepfakes, Google Assistant’s humanistic phone calls, Facebook starts dating, Google Lens, and The Future, This Week.

On the 8th May we celebrated our 10th anniversary in Australia. Over the past decade, we have been part of tremendous changes. Some of these changes we couldn’t have imagined – they have been innovative and in some cases disruptive.

Jakkii joins Patrick O’Keefe on his podcast, Community Signal, to talk community management, privacy & GDPR, use case utopia, and middle managers in the digital workplace.

In Friday Faves for 4 May 2018, we have reads on virtual influencers, the meaning in the meaning of life, sensor tech and smart cities, the sun’s ‘DNA’, creating the emotional layer, and The Future, This Week.

At F8 2018, Workplace by Facebook announces multiple integrations and opens up the platform for third-party bot and integration development.

In Friday Faves for 27 April 2018, we have reads & on the beginner’s bubble, gender bias in Chinese tech, smartphone photography’s effect on memory, healthier screen time, garlic bread from space, inclusive design at Pinterest, and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 20 April 2018, we have reads & listens on psychological weapons of mass persuasion, the documentary ‘Do you trust this computer?’, trust and the sharing economy, social media use continues to grow, robots assemble IKEA furniture, the science behind using online communities to change behaviour, and The Future, This Week.

In Friday Faves for 13 April 2018, we have reads and watches on new ideas & the adjacent possible, leaving academic philosophy, surviving a world without Facebook, Smart Socks, superstitions & Friday the 13th, and evolution explains why we act differently online.

In Friday Faves for 6 April 2018, we have reads on the impact on your attention from your phone’s presence, farmer views on lab-grown meat, whether esports are sports, the mind-expanding ideas of Andy Clark, apps are getting dumber, and Reddit & the struggle to detoxify the internet.

In Friday Faves on Thursday for 29 March 2018, we have reads on the importance of systems thinking, singing along at Pub Choir, Police using social media to control the message, April Fools Day has already begun, and what happens when an algorithm cuts your health care?

In Friday Faves for 23 March 2018, we have a reads & listens on the future of work, why you need a Chief Philosophy Officer, gene expression in space, an autonomous car fatality, regulation of the tech giants, and Facebook and the death of privacy.

In Friday Faves for 16 March 2018, we have a reads & listens on how fake news spreads, life-saving robotics, accessibility tech, Jurassic World Alive is the new Pokémon Go, the costs of Instagram influence, and kindness at work is good for everyone.

In Friday Faves for 9 March 2018, we have a number of reads related to International Women’s Day this week, as well as how Parkland’s students are using social media, and can tech companies deliver good health care?

Where: Sydney, LinkedIn offices, 1 Martin Place.  When: Wed 14 March. Time: 8-10am. Join Anne as she participates on a panel in an upcoming Fishbowl event. If you haven’t participated in a fishbowl event before, the organisers describe it as “… peer to peer dialogue where the audience contributes to the conversation by asking questions, presenting […]

In Friday Faves for 2 March 2018, we have reads, watches & listens on Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, data-centric society, Vero, ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response), and 7 ways to improve your employee experience.

Join the Ripple Effect Group team and our guest speaker from Jive|Aurea in Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane for an update on Jive’s roadmap.

In Friday Faves for 23 February 2018, we have reads on WeWork’s “togetherness” manifesto, can AI be trusted with life and death decisions, is your job in the sights of automation, Twitter and the bots, and Apple employees keep walking into glass walls.

In Friday Faves for 16 February 2018, we have reads, watches & listens on the Year of the Dog, Twitter bots (they aren’t all evil), Facebook’s corporate spyware, Unilever threatens to pull ad spend, inside the two years that shook Facebook, robots can open doors now, and would you date a robot?

In Friday Faves for 9 February 2018, we have reads, watches & listens on (is there) life on Mars, Human Uber, police with face-recognising glasses, inside Amazon’s Spheres, trolling & the future of marketing, and is a weekend sleep-in bad for you?

In Friday Faves for 2 February 2018, we have reads & watches on breaking the rules with AI, living longer by being social, Facebook commences its downward spiral, changing the Western view of “space”, and the breakthroughs set to revolutionise long-haul travel.

In Friday Faves for 25 January 2018, we have reads & watches on AI, workplace surveillance, emotion and performance, Amazon Go, and Facebook depression.

In Friday Faves for 19 January 2018, we have reads on babysitting robots, our (wrong) idea of work, the (democracy poisoning) golden age of free speech, tech closing the disability access gap, and is 2018 the year AR goes mainstream?

In Friday Faves for 12 January 2018, we have reads on the trends for 2018 in travel technology and corporate wellness, the privatisation of public space, and theme parks go virtual.

In our final blog for 2017, we share a few pieces that look back on the year we will soon farewell, and offer up a few suggestions for your holiday reading.

In Friday Faves for 15 December 2017, we have reads on: trademarking common use terms, our need for more philosophers, children’s perspectives on life in the digital age, bots write terrible fiction, and brands kicked out of the friend zone.

In Friday Faves for 8 December 2017, we have reads on commuting – whose time is it anyway, Messenger Kids, esports is coming to Australia, and the 2017 Inclusion@Work Index.

In Friday Faves for 1 December 2017, we have reads on humanity’s uneasy relationship with nature, brands should heed word of mouth, Perth to trial on-demand driverless vehicles, and hummingbirds are where intuition goes to die.