1% Extra Newsletter 25-11-22

Dr Libby Sander is an expert on work, the workplace, society and future trends in organisations. She is Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Bond University, the founder and director of the Future of Work Project and Rethink, and an Agenda Contributor at the World Economic Forum. Libby is regularly featured on The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, BBC, The Guardian, and is a feature writer for The Conversation.

The downsides of personality testing

Libby explains why she recommends erring on the side of caution when it comes to using personality tests within the workplace.

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Why office perks don’t fix a broken system

In this clip Libby explains how research has shown that “Bonuses, promotions and 3 extra days off won’t fix a broken system”.

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Words of wisdom for quiet quitters

If you are quietly quitting in your current role Libby has some excellent advice to help you get back on track with your work and your employer.

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“All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.” So said Friedrich Nietzsche in his 1886 philosophical treatise Beyond Good and Evil. In the more than a century that has passed since that book’s publication, many other leading public thinkers from Albert Einstein to Steve Jobs also preached the virtues of walking as a tool for thought. And they were right to.”

Annual Planning in Uncertain Times: 6 Tactics for Rethinking Your Company’s End-of-Year Exercise (firstround)

6 Behavioural Nudges to Reduce Bias in Hiring and Promotions (hbr)

Committed & Unattached: A Powerful Way to Work (zenhabits)

Europe has a growing shortage of doctors (politico)

What to Do After Being Laid Off (hbr)

Some of the most important topics are the hardest to teach (collabfund)

New psychology research rebuts Sigmund Freud’s “wrecked by success” hypothesis (psypost)

Avoiding “Flashcard Hell” and Finding Enjoyable Studying Strategies (scotthyoung)

How to change your self-limiting beliefs (psyche)

How Bob Dylan used the ancient practice of ‘imitatio’ to craft some of the most original songs of his time (theconversation)

Nick Cave on Creativity as an Instrument of Self-Forgiveness and the Necessity of Hope in a Fragile… (themarginalian)

How strong really is the evidence against red meat consumption? (bigthink)

Loneliness is, in part, a function of expectations (sciencedaily)

What people fail to understand about the dangers of loneliness (bigthink)

How to deal with Regret (psyche)

The lessons we can learn from a young Warren Buffett (substack)

Saudi Arabia is pushing renewable energy at home while continuing to ship oil overseas (ft)

The college-age population is set to shrink for the next couple of decades (vox)

Climate change is going to increasingly cause global migration (bbc)

How much does geography matter in the age of globalization and climate change? (guardian)

Alternative meat companies have been unable to turn early interest in profits (wsj)

What a second time founder knows that a first timer doesn’t (hunterwalk)

Why investors overreact to recent fund performance (behavioralinvestment)

Why wealthy investors don’t invest aggressively enough (ft)

Bob Iger messed up succession at Disney ($DIS). Now he has a chance to fix it (vox)

Why there is likely no single treatment for long Covid (npr)

Why screening for depression should be routine (theconversation)

Five insights from “The Oldest Cure in the World: Adventures in the Art and Science of Fasting” by Steve Hendricks (nextbigideasclub)

How walking can help stave off dementia (marketwatch)

In praise of the pull-up (msn)

Media confronts moral dilemmas and coverage quirks at Qatar World Cup (vanityfair)

The World Cup That changed Everything (nytimes)

Clifford brothers’ hectic schedule is a player’s ‘manna from heaven’ if recovery is done correctly (irishexaminer)

The scope of problem gambling in the U.S. is still unknown (gridnews)

The future of skiing is fake snow (financialpost)

Tyler Cowen’s favorite non-fiction books of 2022 including “Of Boys and Men” by Richard R. Reeves (marginalrevolution)

The best business books of 2022 including “Talent” by Tyler Cowen (ft)

The best books of 2022 (so far) (guardian)

The Best Books of 2022  (so far) (esquire)

The Best Books of 2022  (so far) (newyorker)