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Gregory Ciotti is the marketing director at Help Scout. This post originally appeared on the Helpscout blog. Silence can seep throughout an organization, sabotaging motivation, enthusiasm, and comradery. Hard language, harsh reality. If you don’t agree, it’s because you haven’t felt it looming. Silence allows small setbacks to snowball into bigger problems, makes level-headed folks skittish, and causes melancholy and disconnect. For every scenario, the dose makes the poison. Why is so much at stake with communication? It’s because great teams are composed of passionate people—people who value support for their contributions. Appreciation matters, but it’s often misunderstood. Understanding Genuine Appreciation…
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The ‘Snooper’s Charter‘ could be looming on the horizon again in the UK. The newly-elected Conservative government has already indicated it wants to boost mass-surveillance powers by requiring ISPs and mobile network operators to keep records of customers’ Web and social media use, emails, voice calls, online gaming activity and text messages for a year. Privacy International’s Carly Nyst, quoted by the Guardian, says: “(Home Secretary) Theresa May’s comments confirm that widespread public concern about the threats posed to online privacy and expression by internet monitoring powers has been completely ignored by the new government.” Just this week, mass collection of phone records by the NSA…
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When it comes to startups and personal and professional development, the sky really is the limit. Few know this better than former pilot and professional skydiving instructor Skyler Shaw, who sidelined an internship at NASA and his dream of becoming an astronaut to chase his curiosity for tech instead. With various jobs and stop-offs along the way – and a little romance – Shaw found his way into the European startup scene, at a small company where he currently takes charge of developer relations. — Could you please tell us a little bit about your background in aviation and aerospace? When I…
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