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How to Have Hybrid Meetings That Work for Everyone

As workplaces take tentative steps towards a new normal, social psychologist Heidi Grant shares best practices for interacting when some are in the office and some are remote.




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I Want to Play Video Games for a Living

Can you make a career out of playing video games? Short answer: Yes.




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How to Quit Your Job: The Harvard Business Review Guide

Here’s how to figure out if it’s time to move on to the next phase of your career--and if it is, how to do it right.




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How to Do Hybrid Meetings Right

How do you make sure everyone—whether in person or remote—feels heard?




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Sanofi’s CEO on How Company Culture Can Thrive in a Distributed, Hybrid World

Paul Hudson, head of one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, says leaders need to sit back and listen more often.




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IDEO’s CEO, Sandy Speicher, Asks: What Is an Office Even For Now?

Speicher explains how design thinking can help guide us to new ways of collaborating as we rethink work and the workplace in a post-Covid world.




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LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman on Innovating for an Uncertain Future

Hoffman, now a partner at Greylock Partners, says innovators must ignore hype to identify new technologies with real traction. It starts by envisioning how they might shape the future.




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Myth Busting Common Advice About Switching Jobs | The Harvard Business Review Guide

Should you always be looking for another job, never make a lateral move, or be sure to stay at a job for two years? There's a lot of conflicting advice out there. HBR's Amy Gallo helps you sort the myths from the facts.




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How to Work with a Passive-Aggressive Coworker: The Harvard Business Review Guide

They’re not being a jerk on purpose, and if you can understand what motivates them you’ll find a better way to co-exist, and maybe even thrive.




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How to Work with an Insecure Boss: The Harvard Business Review Guide

Of all the bad bosses out there, one of the most common–and most painful to work for–is the one who’s plagued by doubt. Here’s how to deal with them.




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How to Work with Someone You Can't Stand: The Harvard Business Review Guide

Sure, you could just argue with them. But if you have to work together, here are more productive ways for everyone to win.




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A Neurodivergent Leadership Guide: How to Run a Business When You Have ADHD

Business leaders with ADHD do best when they surround themselves with teammates who offset their executive functioning weaknesses.




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A Clinicians’ Guide to Better Patient Communication

Scripts and approaches to clarify patient communication and improve health outcomes.




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Simple Yet Effective Ways to Build a Robust Candidate Pool and Mitigate Time-to-Hire

One of the most critical performance factors for hiring teams is time to hire. Only 30% of organizations can fill a position within 30 days. The remaining candidates take anything from one to four months to get hired. Why should you try to shorten the hiring process? Taking too long to fill a ...




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In the Transition From Candidate to Employee, Collaboration Is Key

Every candidate on the job market is looking for the perfect position — and that's harder than it sounds. Looking for a job is a full-time job of its own. Job seekers head into the market every single day to ensure they'll get the role they truly desire. Even though it's a very tiring and time-consuming process, candidates put up with it because they know they will be rewarded in the end. On the flip side, employers are doing a very similar ...




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Increased Post-COVID Demand Threatens to Make the Trucker Shortage Worse

For years, there has been a national shortage of interstate long-haul truck drivers — and the COVID-19 crisis has only compounded the problem. As supply chains were interrupted by company closures in response to government directives, demand for truckers who could transfer and deliver business and consumer goods skyrocketed. At the same time, state driver's license agencies shuttered, abruptly halting the process of getting new truck ...




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Could a 4-Day Workweek Solve Employee Burnout During the COVID-19 Crisis?

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused nearly every aspect of everyday life to come to an unprecedented halt. We have never before had to shutter our entire economy for something that we cannot see with the naked eye. Businesses with in-office workforces were forced to quickly shift to fully remote operations. This sudden and dramatic change has presented us all with a set of stressful challenges including social isolation, economic uncertainty, and soaring unemployment rates. As a result, employees are overwhelmed ...




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Hybrid Industrial Cloud Adoption by Manufacturers to Double by 2023

Hybrid industrial cloud adoption will more than double over the next five years at 21.1% CAGR.




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Dates Confirmed for Ideagen’s European Customer Conference, ‘Ideagen Horizons’

The two-day event will once again take place in the UK city of Nottingham.




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Are We Raising Kids or Machines?

For someone not in the education industry (word used on purpose), I spend a lot of time thinking about education. Just like work issues, the constant and daily reality of school tends to hit you over the head until you just have to pay attention. The thing on my mind today is how much we force kids to record about their lives. Our schools today encourage and often require kids to monitor and measure ...




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The Heart-Mind Alliance: Find Your Core Values and Let Them Guide You at Work

What comes to mind when you think about your morals and values? Is it plausible to think these very basic principles could quite possibly be responsible for your perception of the world around you? What about the effect they have on your job or your work ethic? Family development expert Stephen J. Bavolek defines our morals as a code of conduct with identified rights ...




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Money Is Good, but Skills Are Better: 5 Side Hustles That Can Make You Better at Your Day Job

When you think of the value a side hustle can bring to your life, what comes to mind? If one of your first thoughts is "making extra money," you're not wrong. Starting a side gig is a great way to bring in extra income during your time away from your primary job. But you might also want to consider how the right side hustle can make you better and more ...




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How to Build a Side Hustle When You Have No Idea Where to Start

There's a good chance you know someone who works a day job and also spends part of their free time working on a side hustle. In fact, according to a survey commissioned by Vistaprint, 27 percent of Americans have already turned their hobbies into side businesses, and 55 percent of us would like to make the same move. Side hustles are a great way to make extra cash, but getting one ...




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What I've Learned Navigating Work and Kids as a Digital Exec

When I took the CMO role at my organization mere weeks after returning from maternity leave for my second child last July, I had the typical working-mom apprehensions about the time and energy necessary to fulfill the obligations required of a C-suite executive. Was it selfish to prioritize my own career when I had a newborn and a toddler? I ultimately decided that, while it's unrealistic to tell mothers they can have it all, I could make a go at it. ...




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Ultra Wide, No Distortion Lenses Tough Enough for Crash Testing

Theia's lenses help capture clear images of car crash testing. The MY23F lens is rugged and can survive impact at 50mph, while providing undistorted images.




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Inside the Expanding Applications of Vision Measurement Systems in Automotive Manufacturing

Traditional measurement methods struggle with complex geometries and modern plastic parts. Advanced vision measuring systems offer advantages for automotive manufacturers, but traditional tools are still preferable in some areas.




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Smart Glasses Aid Inspection of Automotive Wire Harnesses

AI-based vision system ensures that relays and other components are installed correctly.




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Materials Testing: Inside the Vascular Labyrinth

Catheters are used for various medical procedures, including addressing issues in a person's arterial network and urological conditions. They also deliver medical devices and treat conditions such as clogged arteries and irregular heartbeats. Testing for catheters includes tensile testing, lubricity testing, and usability/trackability testing.





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President Obama Announces New Public-Private Manufacturing Innovation Institute

The President announced new steps with the private sector to strengthen the manufacturing sector, boost advanced manufacturing, and attract the good paying jobs that a growing middle class requires.




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Heidenhain Joins OMIC R&D

The Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center Research and Development (OMIC R&D) welcomed Heidenhain Corporation as its 33rd member.




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Best Practices for Validating CMM-based Inspection Processes

What level of quality do you feel is required in orthopedic implants, pacemakers and other critical, life-sustaining medical devices? The highest quality, of course!




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Demonstrating 95/95 Confidence and Reliability

In the medical device industry, reliability is critical. Manufacturers conduct extensive testing to ensure devices meet required standards, such as 95/95 or 95/99 confidence and reliability, assessed using Minitab Statistical Software.




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Key Considerations When Selecting a Machine Vision Lens

In this article we survey key considerations when making a lens selection. Of course, your lensing professional will be happy to advise – but they’ll ask you some of these questions anyway, so it’s helpful to make notes relative to your planned application.




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The Hidden Costs of Hiring in Industrial Inspection: Time for a New Alternative

Finding new talent can be an extremely difficult process for any organization, in any industry.




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White Paper: Interested in Surface Roughness Measurement? Download the Olympus Roughness Measurement Guidebook

Our Introduction to Surface Roughness Measurement guidebook is an excellent initiation to noncontact surface roughness measurement. It offers practical information on various topics to help make roughness measurement easy and efficient.




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Zetec Celebrates 50 Years of Providing NDT Inspection Technology Solutions

In 1968, Zetec won a government contract to inspect steam generator tubing and developed an analog, single-frequency eddy current tester, a state-of-the-art instrument at the time. Over the next 20 years, Zetec’s eddy current testing equipment, training, and methodology became industry standards for nuclear power NDT, then in balance-of-plant and process industry applications.




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Creaform and Olympus Sign Worldwide Distribution Agreement for Pipeline Integrity Assessment Solutions

Olympus now distributes Creaform’s Pipecheck Analyze software.




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If you need less sliding friction, should you make the surface rougher or smoother?

How does the surface texture affect the friction between two dry parallel sliding surfaces? It turns out that this problem has challenged some of the greatest minds in science and engineering.




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Back to Basics: Tensile Testing for Rigid Plastics

Regular tensile testing is important for checking rigid plastics through the entire manufacturing cycle, from the raw material to the forming process and ultimately the production part.




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Back to Basics: Compressive Testing for Rigid Plastics

Pick up a material analysis data sheet and you’ll always find tensile testing, and probably flexural testing as well. But depending on the application, don’t hold your breath looking for compressive testing.




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NAM, Manufacturers Nationwide Partner to Recruit Next Generation on Manufacturing Day

Manufacturers open their doors and minds to show students, teachers and parents the truths about modern manufacturing.




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The Current State of Liquid Penetrant Testing

Liquid penetrant testing (LPT) is a versatile, portable, simple, and sensitive method for detecting surface defects. It can be used on a wide range of materials and is excellent at finding surface discontinuities such as defects, porosity, lack of fusion, or surface-breaking cracks.




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Ensuring the Quality of Lithium Ion Battery Manufacturing Amid Surging Demand

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries power many of our daily devices. However, manufacturing them requires scarce base metals and has supply and sustainability challenges. Battery recycling is vital for the supply chain. This article discusses using analytical technologies to maximize Li-ion materials and optimize production.




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Nondestructive Testing Certification Mandatory for Individuals

NDT certification is essential for professionals in industries where material and structural integrity is critical. It demonstrates expertise and professionalism, benefiting individuals and organizations by improving career prospects, quality control, and compliance with industry standards.




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Combining X-ray Fluorescence, Infrared Spectroscopy and Software Algorithms for Positive Material and Contaminant Identification

FTIR is the primary method for material and contaminant identification but lacks sensitivity to metallic components. X-ray fluorescence (XRF) can fill this gap and improve identification accuracy.




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Quick Slide Plate

R&R Vision Fixtures new quick slide plate in conjunction with their Quick Load Corner (QLC) enables you to extend the reach of travel on your vision system.




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Lucid GigE Vision Cameras, Advanced Sensing Technologies

Lucid Vision Labs, Inc., is set to introduce the first member of its intelligent vision camera family, the Triton® Smart featuring Sony’s IMX501 intelligent vision sensor with AI processing.




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MidOpt SiLWIR Silicon Protective Windows for Industrial Imaging

The cost and lead times for Germanium optical components have skyrocketed.




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A Guide to Understanding and Achieving AS9100 Certification

AS9100 is a quality management system standard tailored for the aviation, space, and defense industries. It addresses the unique challenges of aerospace operations and was created to improve quality and reduce costs in the industry by the International Aerospace Quality Group.




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NDT Applications for Manufacturing of Amusement Park Rides

Amusement parks offer thrilling experiences, but safety is crucial. Nondestructive testing (NDT) plays a vital role in ensuring the safety of rides through meticulous inspection without causing damage.