Risks vs Benefits

⛳️ Why risks vs benefits is a smart framework to guide your decisions

Hey, Friends!

This week we have 13 must-read stories for you to enjoy and share with your colleagues (hint we all love a slack chat or teams link dump)

🎧 Thanks to those of you who listened to the first podcast pilot by me & friend of must reads Nick Walter, this week’s was on the Netflix of Everything. It’s a great listen if I do say so myself. Please listen to this week’s episode the Netflix of everything 🎧

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A little reminder, the must reads newsletter is a weekly remix newsletter, it’s about the articles you have unlikely seen in your newsfeeds or been sent by friends or colleagues. Must reads is the brainfood for the end of your week and helps you to be informed and share valuable insights at work and share your own must reads to your team.

Must Read Articles Of The Week

  1. Have you had the dreaded ‘we are planning to come to the office’ date yet? 🏢 Here is the focus guide to reshaping and redesigning your office to make work for the hybrid office (in and out of the office)- Get a copy of the free guide

  2. Anonymous Text Helpline A Failure? 😨 How my best idea of 2020 might just be too early and too creative. - Read the full post

  3. Want a better framework for making smarter decisions? ✅ Why risks vs benefits will outperform pros vs cons & help guide better decisions for work and play.  - Get the framework

  4. Reduce the anxiety by preparing your team properly 👍Reducing anxiety of returning to the office is going to be key for all businesses particularly those who’ve not seen their colleagues in over a year- Get the checklist

  5. Startup Grind For You? 😦Wondering about joining a startup but not sure if it’s for you? These 30 tips might help enlighten (or concern you). - Read the tips 

  6. Why dogs like those annoying toys 🐶 I was lucky enough to grow up with dogs and they are brilliant but they love those squeaky toys ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, find out why- Read the full story

  7. The power of magic and organisation 🃏 A great read and why operations and organisation is so important- Read the full story 

  8. How McDonald’s got back on track 🍟 This is a great long-read on how the fast-food kings went from scandal and infighting into connecting as a cultural institute - Read the full story 

  9. How ASOS become the fast fashion empire 👗 ASOS has had its ups and downs, how its beginnings as As Seen On Screen drove forward the early web and how failing in China helped to create one of the powerhouses in fashion -Watch the video

  10. BookTok Power 📲 How TikTok is flipping the book advertising and marketing with creative short-form videos- Read the full story  

  11. Viral Products Influence 🚀 TikTok might be the first platform that has surfaced power by the algorithm of any account, not just influencer accounts, it has been so influential that Amazon has launched a dedicated storefront for viral products. - Read the full story

  12. Lightbulb Moment 💡 How the simple barcode helped to grow the modern economy. We will see similarities with the QR code and the possibilities with the o2o world.- Watch the video

  13. Can Twitch replace the club? 🎵Vice questions whether Twitch can replace the club and do music a huge favour. - Read the full story

Lastly, Escape Room Fan? Here’s a bit of Twitter fun…

🗳 I would love for you to vote in my LinkedIn poll 🗳

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Quote Of The Week:

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist. — Pablo Picasso

Thanks for reading again this week Must Readers, have a great weekend!

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The Must Reads newsletter is your weekly brainfood filled with Must Read Articles. It takes me a couple of hours every week to find, quality check & create your favourite weekly newsletter. About My Work: I am on a mission to fix the broken world of work with Focus. Happily email me for consultancy, I offer business advisory, executive mentorship and coaching.