The Internet is full of advice on how to become an effective leader, but perhaps some lessons are best gleaned from practice. Some words of wisdom for you, then, based on real-life struggles of people working with bosses who are, perhaps, not yet the greatest… Read on!
GDPR is here and it was really hard to miss its coming. Each morning for the last few weeks you’d wake up and check your mail only to find you’ve been inundated with yet another slew of „Personal data privacy reminder” or similarly titled messages. Just in case you’ve been living under a rock for a few months, here’s the scoop.
It’s not a happy Easter for everyone, as recent announcements from Toys R Us, an iconic American toy store, make it clear that it will shut down and close its doors very soon, after decades of selling the most important things you can give a child – pure happiness wrapped up in a cute form of a toy. Sadly, the days of going to the store to pick up another doll or action figure may be over not just for that company…
English! It’s the language of today and of tomorrow that you should speak if you wish to be understood… Except if you are a native speaker of English, it seems. Anglophones from the US, UK, Australia, Canada and several other countries should take a long look at how they use their mother tongue, as it was recently discovered that they are absolute worst at business communication. Read on…
Netflix seems to be changing its tack quite substantially. Late last year they have released „Bright” with Will Smith, a movie that was not quite well received, but that has since been hailed as the most-watched original content by the streaming giant. So popular, in fact, that they have ordered the sequel. But other new additions to its roster, including Annihilation (bought from Paramount for a cool USD 55 mln) and Extinction, show the new trend of pushing for more cinematic experience on Smart-TVs and smartphones. Even if the movies aren’t likely to be Oscar-fare (consider the recently flopping Cloverfield Paradox) or even acclaimed by the critics, they hold enough broad appeal to make viewers take a bowl of popcorn and sit on a couch. A feat some may say is dying out in the absence of good traditional TV, but that is now being gradually brought back in the realm of online TV.
