1% Extra Newsletter 09-12-22
The 1% Podcast – Tessa Misiaszek
Tessa Misiaszek is a speaker, writer, and professor who, throughout her professional and academic experience, has examined the intersection between marketing strategy and workplace culture. Today, Misiaszek is the head of research for the Korn Ferry Institute, an Instructor with Harvard Division of Continuing Education, and cofounder of the Happy at Work podcast. She is also the co-author of the newly released book, ‘Branding that Means Business’.
The importance of brand purpose
According to Tessa companies need to build a deep awareness of their “why” to understand the subconscious reasons people would gravitate to them.
1 min
The strategic mindset of Gen Z
Tessa explains why she feels Gen Z are more strategic thinkers than any other generation and are motivated to and capable of changing the world for the better.
1 min
The importance of authentic values
Tessa describes why authentic organisational values are becomming more and more important for staff attraction, motivation and retention, in particular, Gen Z..
1 mins
Insight of the Week
“Some things are a job, others are a craft. The primary difference is not the task, but the enthusiasm and curiosity put into the task. The more engaged and interested you are, the more it becomes a craft.”
James Clear
Mindfulness in the workplace
by Shay Dalton
“Plenty of the shifts we saw to working practices—such as introducing some form of home or hybrid working as standard—have already become accepted as part of the much-touted “new normal”. Others are still evolving, not least when it comes to the relationship between businesses and their employees’ health and wellbeing. One practice that has emerged as potentially pivotal in bridging the gap between personal welfare and workplace performance is that of mindfulness.”
Other Article Recommendations
Work
When to say no to extra work (hbr)
This brain study confirms what most desk workers know — they’re exhausted (inverse)
Company, team, self (lethain)
Five steps to get a promotion, including the power of networking (bakadesuyo)
The executive exodus at Salesforce is ongoing (theinformation)
Performance & Growth
Psychology
Why Is Everyone Feeling So ‘Stuck’ Right Now? (refinery29)
The Myth of the 25-Year-Old Brain (slate)
A low-dose of caffeine suppresses alpha brain waves and improves executive functioning (psypost)
David Bowie on Creativity and His Advice to Artists (themarginalian)
Stop Calling Them Soft: Why Today’s Essential Skills Are Anything But (chiefatwork)
Longform
TJoe Rogan maintained his hold as the No. 1 podcaster on Spotify for 2022 (variety)
Wealth doesn’t do you any good if you are burned out (genyplanning)
Companies really don’t want you to call them (wsj)
“We, and those who may rely on or eventually benefit from our assets, deserve more than us ineffectually winging it.” (fortunesandfrictions)
Easy money will always be attractive to people (dariousfaroux)
Health
What happens if Covid rips through China’s population? (fortune)
There’s no such thing as a good respiratory virus (vox)
How a new mRNA vaccine could be effective against various influenza strains (newatlas)
What we can learn about exercise from astronauts (washingtonpost)
Caffeine is a performance enhancer, at least for sprinters (sprintstudy)
Sport
Cartoonist David Squires on … heroes and villains from the last 16 of the Qatar World Cup (guardian)
Are your Talent Pathways Considerate of Non-Linear Progression? (leadersinsport)
Why isn’t basketball bigger in the UK? (frontofficesports)
How NBA shoe deals actually work (substack)
How to win the World Cup (bbc)
Books
10 notable books from 2022 including “The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward” by Daniel Pink (nextbigideaclub)
The 10 best books of 2022 including “A Half-Built Garden” by Ruthanna Emrys (slate)
Five insights from Alexandra Horowitz’s new book, “The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves.” (nextbigideaclub)
Some recent personal finance books worth checking out including “After the Death of Your Spouse” by Mike Piper (humbledollar)
Five insights from Owen Ullmann’s new book “Empathy Economics: Janet Yellen’s Remarkable Rise to Power and Her Drive to Spread Prosperity to All.” (nextbigideaclub)
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