Here we are at the end of another year, and it probably either feels like 2019 or 2025 depending on your company’s situation. It’s been a roller coaster for most of us, so don’t forget to take a few minutes to breathe, listen to your favorite seasonal tunes and kick back with a glass of holiday cheer. But since I know you probably can’t stop working for very long (I say, as I type this in my pajamas), you might as well enjoy some great resources to help you grow and maintain your business.
Bureau members are constantly sharing their favorite websites, tools and content with one another, and in turn we share them with you in our weekly newsletters (which I highly recommend signing up for here). But if you’ve missed out over the last few weeks from being in a turkey coma and hitting the holiday sales, here’s a roundup of the best of the best from our November newsletters.
Articles
The news might make you think it’s all about the Boomers vs. Millennials these days, but what about Gen Z creeping up from behind, dictating the direction of society and how companies should be run? The New York Times explores this age-old, generational issue. And for even more of a shakeup on the organizational front, Culture Foundry is instituting a four-day work week in 2022.
Extra reading:
Metro Vancouver marketing academy helping launch Indigenous careers
How the pandemic created a divide between working agency parents and non-parents
Podcasts & Books
Civility certainly seems to be in short supply these days, on both a personal and a professional level. While it may have been published nearly 20 years ago, you might want to reacquaint yourself with the basic rules of living and working with others in Choosing Civility: The Twenty-Five Rules of Considerate Conduct. And taking that a step further is Culture Built My Brand, which can help you learn how creating a strong corporate identity can boost internal results and drive success with your customers.
More goodness for your eyes and ears:
Decommoditized.com - Welcome To Your New Identity - Commodity Proofing Your Business
Discussing Design: Improving Communication and Collaboration through Critique
Tools & Resources
Admit it, you’re still emailing large files, compressing the photos in PowerPoint to meet the arbitrary attachment size limit of Google or Microsoft. Bureau members are using Box.com and removing one small irritation from their lives - organizing and sharing all those creative assets. And while you’re at it, why not vastly increase your Rolodex (Boomer reference) when you need to bring on some freelance talent? FlexTal can help match you with the exact skillset you need, from business to creative to engineering professionals.
Extras for your leadership toolbox:
Speaking of shortcuts, why not save yourself the trouble of reading this summary each month, and just sign up for the weekly Bureau of Digital newsletter? We promise you’ll find it worthwhile. But if you’re not ready for that level of commitment, we’ll see you back here next month!