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Boost Office Productivity with these 5 Techniques

Southern California Edison Blog

Studies show that natural light has a positive effect on mental health, productivity, and job satisfaction. Don’t forget the plants—studies show the presence of greenery can also increase productivity by around 15%. Revamp Office Conditions. Reduce the Amount of Unnecessary Meetings. Not all types of training have to be live, however.

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3 Internet Solutions to Improve Network Uptime

Southern California Edison Blog

According to Gartner researcher, Andrew Lerner, the average cost of network downtime is approximately $300,000 an hour. Additional studies reveal that business characteristics, such as industry and risk tolerance, can move that number as low as $140,000 to as high as $540,000 per hour of network downtime. But that’s just the average.

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The Importance of Teams and Why the Best Leaders Cultivate Them

Both Sides of the Table

But they also take on issues in science, technology and management. This morning’s show took on the topic of “teams” and highlighted research that Julia Rozovsky and Google has conducted called Project Aristotle and profiled in Charles Duhigg’s book Smarter, Faster, Better.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

Brad on blogging. How did you start blogging? “My My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level.

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Bio Roundup: Trump’s Triumph, Election Fallout, CRISPR Arguments & More

Xconomy

What are the implications of a Trump administration for life science research, or next year’s reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act? —Check out these stories from Nature , Reuters , TheStreet.com , and Forbes for more on the potential election fallout for life science companies, scientific research, and Obamacare. .

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With New Program, DARPA To Encourage Safety “Brakes” For Gene Editing

Xconomy

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency—a famed military R&D group—wants to finance safety measures for the new gene-editing age. The first round of pitches are due this week. Editas, which could be the first of the group to begin human studies, wants to start a trial for a rare eye disease in 2017.

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Bio Roundup: RIP Roger Tsien, Novartis CAR-T Wheel, Zika News & More

Xconomy

He helped turn a jellyfish protein into an invaluable lab tool that every researcher knows as “GFP”—green fluorescent protein, which is used to illuminate the inner workings of cells. His Nobel stemmed from his work on fluorescent proteins, now a laboratory staple in biological and medical research.

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