Designer: Vol. 46, No. 2 (Summer)
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FEATURES
FINDING INSPIRATION IN THE MIDST OF A CREATIVE BLOCK
By Eden Spivak
American writer Sylvia Plath journaled about a terrifying experience of creative stagnation. “If I want to write, this is hardly the way to behave—in horror of it, frozen by it. The ghost of the unborn novel is a Medusa-head,”
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REMOTE WORK IS CHANGING THE WAY WE DO OUR JOBS—FOR THE BETTER
By Gini Dietrich
In 2011, we were coming out of the Great Recession and business had begun to pick up, but revenue (and profitability) weren’t yet back to pre-2008 numbers.
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WORDS MATTER: HOW TO PROPERLY MARKET SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS
Guest Commentary from Monadnock Paper
Sustainability is a broad and amorphous term that has outlived its utility. Today, you also may hear other terms like corporate social responsibility (CSR); materiality; Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) reporting; circularity; closed loop; and regenerative business models. The growing ‘eco-vocabulary' around these initiatives is both promising and challenging.
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DEPARTMENTS
OBJET D’ART: DESK RULER
Rulers have long been made from different materials and in multiple sizes. Some are wooden.
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GET DEFENSIVE
By Bill Stamats
How to reduce your school’s exposure to cyberattacks.
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FIGHTING FATIGUE
By Tobias van Schneider
Finally, a meeting tool that considers how remote teams actually work.
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TYPE TERMINOLOGY
By Paul Dean
The detection of types is one of the most elementary branches of knowledge to the special expert in crime.
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SUMMER READING
Books to round out your library.
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