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Month: August 2022
So what do teams look like in your stories – or office?
Gender balance in science is key to innovation: Northwestern
https://www.fastcompany.com/90783279/northwestern-study-gender-diversity-science-innovation
Is workplace stigma around mental health struggles changing? – BBC Worklife
While this is primarily for former co-workers…has the publishing industry updated its myths about the mental health of writers and other creative people?
About whiskey and black people
Fascinating!
The untold history of black bourbon – BBC Travel
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220824-the-untold-history-of-black-bourbon
Reminds me of how women were the beer brewers for thousands of years, until greedy men figured out how to make money from it – and took brewing away from women.
List of hottest 2022 job titles includes accountant, IT, HR
https://www.fastcompany.com/90782288/these-are-the-most-in-demand-jobs-right-now
Something to think about, whether you’re looking to hire, or looking for a better job.
Content creator’s on the list, too.
Why do you tell stories?
How to tell a great story to motivate others
https://www.fastcompany.com/90780223/how-to-tell-a-compelling-story-to-motivate-others
100 Women: Why I chose #MeToo for my sexism experiment – BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-41654925
And here’s an entry for #DEI, Craig!
Also, if you made a phonecall today, it went through something my sister developed and patented.
Why workers just won’t stop quitting – BBC Worklife
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220817-why-workers-just-wont-stop-quitting
Well, as long as employers continue to treat workers with the “same-old, same-old” abuse and mistreatment – why keep working there?
Are you biased against color in art?
Chromophobia: The greatest conspiracy in ancient art
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220810-chromophobia-the-greatest-conspiracy-in-ancient-art
There’s also, I think, the heavy bias in art photography: That only black and white photos are “fine art”.
My favorite visual art in high school has pencil drawing. Sharp lines, smooth, detailed shading, no color.
I also did watercolor. It was color, but with shading and blending.
I tried oilpainting. I think a key skill there is mixing colors – and I was terrible at it.
What sculpture I did was made from items that already had their own colors.
So what about you and color in art?
Do we really live longer than our ancestors? – BBC Future
Something to apply to historical fiction, and medievalish fantasy.
Dancing Treefrog 