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Bloomberg
17-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Hybrid Work No Longer Dominant Policy of Fortune 100 Companies
For the first time since the pandemic upended work life five years ago, more than half the companies in the Fortune 100 have their employees fully back in the office, according to a report from real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. Hybrid schedules, which two years ago were offered by 78% of the 100 largest US companies by revenue, are now available at just 41% of them, while the share of Fortune 100 firms requiring full-time office attendance has jumped to 54% from 5%.
The Guardian
14-07-2025
- Lifestyle
- The Guardian
Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: How to switch to holiday mode? Easy, get a bag big enough for a book and a beach towel
Is there any point putting an out of office on your emails when you go on holiday any more? 'I won't have access to emails.' Yeah, right. Sorry, you aren't fooling anyone: no one goes on holiday without their phone in 2025. Your office know perfectly well that if you don't answer emails, they can still reach you by text or direct message. Even, theoretically, by actually calling you, although obviously that won't happen because that's another thing that no one does in 2025. Tweak your out of office message as much as you like – you might as well stick your fingers in your ears. The Guardian's journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. No, the best way to set your brain to holiday mode is by signing out of your Work Bag. Swapping the bag you take on your daily commute for a free-and-easy alternative is more effective as a psychological gear change than logging out of your emails. In day-to-day life, I change handbags as rarely as possible, the potential for leaving keys in an inside pocket and getting locked out being just too real. But when you get home after work and you aren't going back for a week or two, there is something very pleasing about marking that moment by throwing away leaky pens, marvelling at how you managed to accumulate 14 hairbands, and then shaking the bag over the bin and feeling disproportionately thrilled when a pound coin falls out. Stashing the bag – with your office pass inside – is very out of sight and out of mind. Your 'holiday' bag, whether you are home or away, sets the tone for how you spend your break. I switch to a bag that's bigger than my work bag, because if I'm waiting for a bus or eating a sandwich I get to read my book rather than doing emails. But if you carry your laptop around with you on a work day, freedom might feel like a smaller bag, not a bigger one. My dream handbag – well, apart from a Hermès Birkin – is a straw basket, which to me is the essence of summer. When I sling a basket bag over my shoulder, I swear my pulse rate slows. If I'm not working, I don't want the rush-hour-tube energy of shiny hardware and a zip fastening, and the artisanal, pottering-about vibe of a basket is the perfect antidote. On holiday, I take a big one that maxes out the under-the-seat-in-front-of-you space on a plane, which has room for a swimsuit rolled up in a cotton towel, as well as a book. To save rummaging, I pop in a brightly coloured pouch to keep money, keys, phone – something pretty that I can keep on my lap or on the table at lunch, to save being constantly vigilant of valuables in the basket at my feet. For summer days at home, I cannot tell you how much I love my Sézane Farrow Bag, £130. This has room for what you need, without being so big that you can't find anything, and has an elegant but functional leather drawstring to keep it secure if you have to take the tube. This is the third summer I've used it and it is as strong as it was when I bought it, while many lesser bags have unravelled or have straps that look in danger of snapping. What's in the bag matters too. Summer dressing being simpler, accessories are an outfit-maker. Take sunglasses. The right sunglasses have the power to bestow instant cool and glamour upon you in the way that no other accessory (or anything you can wear, actually) can do. I am generally wary of trends in shades – it is hard to beat the classic Ray-Ban Wayfarer style, which looks great on almost everyone, men and women – but I'm making an exception, this year, for the angular cat eye style that is everywhere. & Other Stories have an excellent pair that come in black, tortoiseshell, off-white and various other colours, for a pleasing £27. Plus they seem to create cheekbones on those of us not blessed. Basket on your shoulder, shades on your nose. OOO activated. Nails: Sophie Higginson using Chanel Le Vernis in Faussaire and Chanel La Crème Main. Model: Amaka at Milk Management. Dress, £79, Nobody's Child. Bag, £45, Phase Eight. Towel, £35, Boden. Fluffy bag charm, £39, Dune. Pez bag charm, £175, Anya Hindmarch. Sunglasses, £16, River Island. Shoes, £49.99, Zara
Forbes
09-07-2025
- Forbes
5 ChatGPT Prompts To Delegate Your Work To AI And Hit The Beach
5 ChatGPT prompts to delegate your work to AI and hit the beach You're sitting at your desk right now, grinding through tasks a robot could handle while your dream beach trip stays a screensaver. You have no idea your existing skills could transform hours of daily drudgery into automated processes that run while you surf. Work smarter. Work less. Live more. That's the game. What if you could cut your workday in half and double your impact? The tools exist. The capability is there. Here's your roadmap to working less and enjoying more leisure time, however you want to spend it. Copy, paste and edit the square brackets in ChatGPT, and keep the same chat window open so the context carries through. Transform your workday with ChatGPT: work less, live more Time tracking reveals the truth about your productivity, or lack of it. For one week, document everything. Every email, every meeting, every task that hijacks your attention. Rate each activity from 1-10 for complexity. Those low numbers hold your freedom. Start there. Build from simplicity. Get ruthless clarity about where your time actually goes. Put this prompt into ChatGPT. "Based on what you know about my work from our previous conversations, help me identify which of my daily tasks could be automated or streamlined with AI. First, ask me to list my main work activities from this week. Then, for each task I mention, rate its automation potential on a scale of 1-10 and explain why. Focus on tasks rated 5 or below as immediate opportunities. Create a prioritized list of 3 tasks I should automate first, with specific AI tools or methods for each. Ask for more detail if required." Now you have your priority order, start at the top. But target the tasks that don't need your unique human voice. Keep your LinkedIn comments human for now. Think low stakes. Administrative work crushes souls. Data entry numbs minds. Research compilation eats hours. That's the badger. Eliminate everything that doesn't require your superpowers and ask ChatGPT how to do it. "I want to use AI to handle [describe a specific repetitive task from your work]. Based on what you know about my business and working style, create a step-by-step guide for automating this task while maintaining quality. Include: specific AI tools to use, exact prompts or workflows to implement, potential pitfalls to avoid, and how to maintain a human touch where needed. Make this actionable enough that I could implement it today. Ask for more detail if required." I booked a five week trip to Australia before I properly systemised my business. It became my deadline. Parkinson's Law says work expands to fill the available time. And it's true. So create pressure. Book that beach vacation next month. Force innovation. Make automation urgent. It's amazing how fast you learn when paradise has a departure time. Stop waiting for readiness. Ready happens after you book the flight. "Based on what you know about my work schedule and commitments, help me plan a vacation that forces me to streamline my operations. Ask me about my dream destination and preferred travel dates. Then create a reverse timeline showing exactly what I need to automate or delegate before I leave. Include weekly milestones, specific systems to implement, and contingency plans. Make this timeline aggressive but achievable. Ask for more detail if required." AI handles routine. You handle remarkable. Picture your work after automation takes the mundane. Strategy stays. Relationships remain. Creative breakthroughs happen daily. Everything else disappears. People cling to busywork because motion feels like progress. But activity fools you. Achievement transforms you. Define what deserves your human genius. "Based on our conversation history about my work and the tasks I want to automate, help me redesign my role for maximum impact. First, list all the tasks AI will handle based on our previous discussion, with a timeline for when each could be in place. Then identify what remains that only I can do. Create a new 'job description' for myself that focuses on these high-value activities. Include how my daily schedule would look and what success metrics I should track. Ask for more detail if required." Old patterns die hard and free time gets filled without intention. You've been there before. Don't let it happen again. Design your 5-hour workday. Or 3-hour morning work sprint. Block deep work. Schedule breaks. Guard boundaries fiercely. Notice the creep. The random tasks trying to reclaim territory. Get addicted to elimination and love living by this routine of freedom. "Based on everything we've discussed about automating my work, create my new weekly schedule assuming I only work [specify number] hours per day. Include: specific time blocks for remaining human tasks, buffer time for unexpected issues, designated hours for checking automated systems, and protected time for [personal priorities]. Show me what this looks like Monday through Friday. Then suggest 3 rules I should follow to maintain these boundaries. Ask for more detail if required." Your beach day awaits: use ChatGPT to delegate your workload The 8-hour workday belongs in museums. Your skills can transform half your daily grind into AI-powered systems running without you. Track everything. Identify automation possibilities. Book trips to force deadlines. Redesign your role around genius work. Lock in your new schedule. Freedom starts with one automated task. Then another. Your future self already lives this reality. Time to catch up and hit the beach. Access all my best ChatGPT content prompts.
CNA
09-07-2025
- Business
- CNA
Work It - Should I quit a painful job when the market is bad?
Feeling stuck in your current job but uncertain about what's out there? How should you decide if you should stay put or start looking for something new? Have a work-related question to ask a career counsellor? Email us at cnapodcasts [at]
Washington Post
07-07-2025
- Business
- Washington Post
Work Advice: His bosses loved his work — until they didn't
Reader: I'm writing on behalf of my husband, who's currently on hour 13 of another 15-hour workday. He was hired about two and a half years ago to manage a huge project at a medium-sized global company. He delivered the project successfully, on time and on budget. About a week later, he had his annual review with his boss, which was sterling — he was recognized as a hard worker, collaborative and smart, who delivered results. He received a small raise and a generous bonus.
