Thought-provoking Things Worth Sharing - Issue #73
I saw a few people sharing this week that it was International Thank You Day. I have to admit I’ve never heard of it. I have no idea if it’s even a real thing.
On the other hand, it’s never a bad idea to say thank you. Those small interactions are good for us. Good connections with other people improve our mental and physical health. So why not say thank you? Or show some appreciation for the people you work with, friends, family members, or even the person who rings up your lunch salad?
It’s actually pretty important. So, thanks for reading and I hope you’ll share this with anyone who might find it interesting!
Careers and the Workplace
Lessons Learned from the Book 'Effective Remote Work'
These are very interesting lessons and it would help many a remote manager to take a look.
FTC unveils proposal to ban noncompete clauses
The FTC said that the rule could boost wages by nearly $300 billion per year by giving workers more power to find a new job or using the threat of leaving to demand a raise. The agency said that noncompetes also hinder innovation by blocking workers from launching their own startups.
What if Everyone Has Imposter Syndrome?
That’s quite a short list of really successful people who all felt the same way you and I feel. Like we don’t really know what we’re doing, or that eventually someone will find out that we don’t belong.
Watching this - Four-day work week pilot was a resounding success
Training and Development
Managers Should Encourage Employee Development
The article below mentions something we’ve all seen way too many times. The manager who gets promoted but never developed any of their reports to do their job, and winds up having to continue doing it. In the worst-case scenario, since the culture was not to develop people to replace you, that person is probably also learning the new role from scratch while still doing a large chunk of their old role.
What a waste of time and talent.
Sound Advice for using PowerPoint:
How To Create A Better Personal Development Plan - I’m a huge proponent of organizations helping develop the people who work for them. On the other hand, don’t just sit back and wait for them to develop you. Take responsibility for your own career too!
Mental Health in the Workplace
Steps To Find A Job That Fits Your Mental Health Needs
Step 1 requires you to know yourself, so that’s a good place to start.
Mental health: 66% of cybersecurity analysts experienced burnout this year
This is no surprise. I’m a bit surprised it’s not higher.
Security and Privacy
Husch Blackwell is tracking all the US State privacy laws and proposed privacy laws, so you don’t have to. - 2023 State Privacy Law Tracker Released
Sarah Anderson described just how organized a ransomware group could be.
Something to keep in mind:
Employee Data Privacy Rights Checklist
eDiscovery and Legal
The Importance of Data that Doesn’t Exist – Part One (Timelines)
These visualisations can be used to identify peaks and troughs in communications. The peaks may indicate some incident which may be of specific interest, but in terms of this series of articles, we are more interested in the troughs.
The Annotated ESI Protocol - a free guide, written by Craig Ball. Do I need to say anything else? Go download a copy.
Also worth noting - Sign of the Times: New York To Require Cybersecurity CLE Credits