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News and Views from Sturges Word’s 2021 Blog Posts

SWC’s Fast Five – July 30, 2021

SWC’s Fast Five

July 30, 2021

They’re over the ping pong tables and beer breaks, respect is the perk du jour for today’s younger workers who are up to here with collaboration and, if they’re in tech, are getting cherry picked by the big firms - lured from local start-ups with big money and a WFH option. Walmart fights the money battle by blowing up benefits with its offer to pay all of employees’ college tuition which is just in time; maybe those grads will be able to afford the housing prices that still go up, up, up.

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SWC’s Fast Five – July 30, 20212021-07-30T11:00:07-05:00

SWC’s Fast Five – July 23, 2021

SWC’s Fast Five

July 23, 2021

The baby shower concept morphs into business showers as startups cash in on this gift giving fixture while pool owners rake it in by putting their backyard splash on the rental Swimply. Got goat’s milk? You just might as the dairy industry moooves on, chief purpose officers move in – to the C suite. And as all of us kick back and watch as the Olympics kick in, let’s take a look at the best Olympic logos of all time to get that party started.

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SWC’s Fast Five – July 23, 20212021-07-23T15:54:19-05:00

SWC’s Fast Five – July 16, 2021

SWC’s Fast Five

July 16, 2021

Are there plans to end planned obsolescence? There are some afoot to end the five-day work week as cities transition from incentives to attract employers to those to mine micro talent, that talent increases its love for emojis at work and we all watch Europe as restrictions emerge to deal with COVID variants and we wonder, is that what’s next for America.

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SWC’s Fast Five – July 16, 20212021-07-16T08:18:18-05:00

SWC’s Fast Five – July 9, 2021

SWC’s Fast Five

July 9, 2021

Free samples will come in handy as you may still be trying to pay off your master’s degree student loans. Saying thank you after an interview leaves a lasting impression and could help you land your next job – even if it’s of the boomerang kind. And no matter what kind of job you have, post-pandemic, the smarties are sleeping in if they can.

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SWC’s Fast Five – July 9, 20212021-07-09T09:59:58-05:00

SWC’s Fast Five – July 2, 2021

SWC’s Fast Five

July 2, 2021

What exactly have our brains gone through in the last year? One thing is for sure, we’re still bad at apologizing, companies are giving us wider berth, AI in medicine could stomp on the “do no harm” ethic and you will be about to learn all about that and more on Neeva, an ad-free, for-pay search engine.

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SWC’s Fast Five – July 2, 20212021-07-02T08:53:29-05:00

SWC’s Fast Five – June 25, 2021

SWC’s Fast Five

June 25, 2021

National Geographic just named a fifth ocean, the Fed’s look at digitizing the dollar is a lot deeper than mobile payments, Lego is testing using recycled plastic for the 20 billion bricks it makes each year, and donuts inspire a rethink for post-pandemic office buildings that workers are not rushing back to anyway!

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SWC’s Fast Five – June 25, 20212021-06-25T09:26:02-05:00

SWC’s Fast Five – June 18, 2021

SWC’s Fast Five

June 18, 2021

The timeline and back story on our now 11 federal holidays is fascinating and why is it exactly that we can’t buy even one of the 15 million surplus Girl Scout cookies? Well, at least that is one choice – buy or not buy – you can eliminate from the other 35,000 decisions taking up your brain space while you contemplate the good, or bad, one you made to own, or not, the Peloton that is now spying on you. Another decision being made a lot – workers choosing quality of life as a record number quit their jobs.

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SWC’s Fast Five – June 18, 20212021-06-18T08:54:13-05:00

SWC’s Fast Five – June 11, 2021

SWC’s Fast Five

June 11, 2021

Coming soon to a subdivision near you – houses built-to-rent. Workers flip the power equation, getting the upper hand with employers for the first time in generations as Boomers add seven years to their career, planning to retire later than those who stopped working before them. New fonts to spice up your next presentation is just what Google Docs has ordered. What Fast Five is not going to order are chocolate-covered cicadas – gag.

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SWC’s Fast Five – June 11, 20212021-06-11T09:51:44-05:00

SWC’s Fast Five – June 4, 2021

SWC’s Fast Five

June 4, 2021

Hated more than airline change fees, overdraft fees are eliminated entirely by one bank, which gives you a little more money to spend on ordering up new services for delivery in an hour, which frees you up to learn how to finally beat those spam, scam and robocalls. Don’t like billboards? Maybe this one will change your mind as you wrap your head around this season’s warm and fuzzy names bringing the 2021 storm season drama.

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SWC’s Fast Five – June 4, 20212021-06-04T09:44:44-05:00

SWC’s Fast Five – May 28, 2021

SWC’s Fast Five

May 28, 2021

Bosses love WFH – job postings skyrocket! Bosses don’t love WFH – you need a plan to cling to your beloved flexibility! Fashion gets flashy for teens up through women of a certain age while likes and dislikes are managed to help with our fragile self-esteem, and they get a big overhaul when we’re talking a favorite bad boy – Nero.

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SWC’s Fast Five – May 28, 20212021-05-28T08:38:45-05:00