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How to Design an Agenda for an Effective Meeting - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)
 To prevent holding a meeting in which participants are unprepared, veer off track, or waste the team’s time, you should create an effective meeting agenda that sets clear expectations for what needs to occur before and during the meeting. Seek input from your team members to ensure the agenda reflects their needs and keeps them engaged. If your entire team is meeting, then the issues discussed should affect everyone present and require the whole team’s effort to solve. Addressing topics that don’t impact everyone at the meeting wastes individuals’ valuable time. Another tactic for creating a better meeting agenda is listing topics as questions to be answered. Instead of writing “office space reallocation,” try “Under what conditions should we reallocate office space?” Let your team know if the purpose of the discussion is to share information, seek input on a decision, or make a decision. And indicate on the agenda who is leading each discussion so that they can prepare. These tips, and five others, will help your team stay focused in meetings.
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WorkWorkThe science behind tempering chocolate - New Scientist (No paywall)When it comes to birthday cakes, I am used to creating sweet, icing-loaded creations in the shape of Disney characters. These requests leave me unfazed, but my father, who is a dark chocolate aficionado, asked me to bake the cake for a big birthday lunch, which will require a different level of sophistication.
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WorkWorkIsrael and Hizbullah play with fire - The Economist (No paywall)IN A SERIES of air and missile strikes in the early hours of August 25th Israel and Hizbullah, the Iran-backed militia in Lebanon, brought to a boil their simmering conflict. For now, at least, the strikes seem calibrated to avoid all-out war but it is a risky business. Just before 5am two waves of Israeli warplanes bombed dozens of Hizbullah’s missile-launch sites throughout southern Lebanon. Minutes later Hizbullah launched at least 200 rockets and drones towards northern Israel. Israel’s Iron Dome missile-defence system intercepted most of these. The few that got through caused little damage and no Israeli casualties.
WorkStephen Wolfram thinks we need philosophers working on big questions around AI | TechCrunchMathematician and scientist Stephen Wolfram grew up in a household where his mother was a philosophy professor at Oxford University. As such, his younger self didn’t want anything to do with the subject, but an older and perhaps wiser Wolfram sees value in thinking deeply about things. Now he wants to bring some of that deep philosophical rigor to AI research to help us better understand the issues we encounter as AI becomes more capable. Work WorkUS teacher strikes were good, actuallyFew things have bedeviled education policy researchers in the US more than public school teacher strikes, driven by educators on the vanguard of resurging labor activism. While union membership nationwide continues to decline, nearly one in five union members in the US is a public school teacher — and their high-profile, disruptive strikes generate significant media attention and public debate. WorkNASA's Stranded Astronauts Will Fly Home on SpaceX's Dragon - Scientific American (No paywall)The decision represents a vote of confidence in Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which not only won the race to ferry astronauts with a yearslong lead but is now being trusted to finish a job Boeing started. The two spacefarers, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, launched on June 5 on a mission that was never guaranteed to be an uneventful flight; they were the first passengers to ever fly aboard the Starliner vehicle, built by veteran contractor Boeing. Now, their mission will be more complicated than originally planned—and months longer than anyone expected. WorkWorkWorkWorkIsrael and Hezbollah have good reason to avoid war ? but it remains possibleTalks continue this week and American briefers still insist, despite evidence to the contrary from recent experience, that a deal is within reach. But there are serious doubts over whether Netanyahu or Sinwar really want an end to the fighting. War can break out without both sides wanting it, but the same cannot be said about peace. WorkWorkBabe Ruth's 'called shot' jersey from 1932 World Series sells for record $24.1m"This is essentially the Mona Lisa. It's s a very mythical moment that crosses over not only in baseball history, but American history, pop culture history," Ivy told ESPN in an interview. "We're still talking about it 100 years later, which is one of the reasons why I think it's the most significant piece of sports memorabilia in the world. When it hits that new record, high tide raises all boats. I think more people are going to be interested in this hobby." WorkRobert F Kennedy Jr's brother 'heartbroken' over Trump endorsement"Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would be motivated to write something of this nature. With a heavy heart, I am today asking my fellow Americans to do what will honor our father the most: Ignore Bobby and support vice-president Kamala Harris and the Democratic platform. It's what is best for our country." WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkFauci Recovering From West Nile Virus InfectionIn June, testifying before a House panel investigating Covid’s origins, he denied Republican allegations that he had helped fund research that led to the pandemic or that he had covered up the possibility of its origins in a laboratory. WorkWorkWorkTelegram Becomes Free Speech Flashpoint After Founder's ArrestThe reaction over the news of the arrest showed how concerns about free expression, censorship and government oversight of online content are rising at a time when regulatory scrutiny of speech on the internet around the world has ramped up. National governments, especially those in the European Union, have intensified pressure on companies to address disinformation, online extremism, child safety and the spread of illicit material. WorkWorkWorkIn a Region on Edge, Israel and Hezbollah Launch Major Attacks on Each OtherBefore dawn on Sunday, Israel’s military said it used about 100 warplanes to strike more than 40 Hezbollah launch sites in Lebanon, saying it had acted to prevent a major attack. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least three people had been killed and two others hurt, and Israel said a soldier was killed and two others wounded during the Hezbollah barrage. WorkHow the Latest Israel-Hezbollah Strikes Unfolded6:20 a.m.: Israel’s defense minister, Yoav Gallant, announces that a state of emergency is in place, limiting public gatherings. Mr. Gallant’s office says he spoke by phone with Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III to update him on Israeli actions “to thwart an imminent threat against the State of Israel.” WorkWorkFrench Authorities Arrest Suspect in Synagogue AttackThe suspect and law enforcement traded gunfire during the arrest, which occurred about 11:30 p.m. Saturday, and the suspect was wounded in the face, according to the prosecutor’s office. Two other people were also taken into custody, whom the prosecutor’s office referred to as the suspect’s “entourage,” without providing additional details. WorkHow a Migrant Accused of Rape Was Freed and Charged With Rape AgainIn fact, the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, known as ICE, had informed the city that it intended to deport Mr. Davon-Bonilla when he was first charged with rape, the agency said. But neither the city nor the Brooklyn district attorney notified federal officials when he was released that day in June. WorkMitzi McCall, Comedian Who Confronted Beatlemania and Lost, Dies at 93When their manager, Mace Neufeld, told Ms. McCall and Mr. Brill that they were going to appear on “The Ed Sullivan Show” — a Sunday night staple that at the time was often a steppingstone to stardom — it seemed like the type of break a young act needed. And when Mr. Neufeld told them that they would be on the bill with the Beatles, Ms. McCall later recalled, “We weren’t really sure who they were.” Work'A Box of Surprises': a Rotterdam Apartment That's Only 74 Square FeetThis Cabanon, which is on the top floor of a 1950s mixed-use building, is 74 square feet, half the size of the inspiration. The couple live several floors below, in a one-bedroom unit of about 635 square feet, and use the shred of extra space above as a personal retreat and for houseguests. Renovating it over a decade in their rare moments of free time, they also made it a laboratory for their ideas about comfort. 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