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16Jun

From Firefight to Flow: Why Reactive Hiring Is Quietly Wrecking Your Business

Most companies don’t have a hiring strategy. What they do have is a hiring reflex. Someone leaves. A big deal closes. A new project lands out of nowhere. Suddenly, everyone’s…

14May

by Zuzanna Ławrynowicz

Management

Gen Z in the Office

Let’s set the scene. It’s 1928. Alexander Fleming, a Scottish scientist with a mustache, accidentally discovers penicillin. The world of medicine changes forever—not because Fleming stubbornly clung to the old…

28Apr

by Zuzanna Ławrynowicz

Business Strategy

Why Hard Work Alone Doesn’t Build a Career Anymore

Working hard used to be the golden ticket: stay late, hustle harder, and someday you’d get promoted.Today?You’ll burn out faster than a $5 candle and still be passed over by…

09Apr

by Zuzanna Ławrynowicz

Business Strategy

How to Build an Agile Workforce Without Breaking Labor Laws

Agility sounds great until you realize it’s not just for gazelles and Olympic gymnasts—it’s also a buzzword in business. Everyone wants an agile workforce. But how do you actually make…

24Mar

by Katarzyna Kwiatowska

Leadership

Effective Organization and Team Management – The Key to Success in Business

A Team is More Than Just a Group of People Working in the Same Company – It’s an Organism That Must Function Harmoniously to Achieve Set Goals. Effective team organization…

21Mar

by Zuzanna Ławrynowicz

Management

The Open Door Policy

In the 17th century, Galileo Galilei got into a dispute with the Catholic Church. He came up with the outrageous idea that the Earth wasn’t the center of the universe.…

07Mar

by Zuzanna Ławrynowicz

Outsourcing

Transforming Processes Through Outsourcing: Because ‘We’ve Always Done It This Way’ Is Not a Strategy

There’s a certain breed of business leader who hears the word “outsourcing” and immediately imagines a dystopian call center where nobody knows or cares what your company does. If you’re…

16Jan

by Zuzanna Ławrynowicz

Management

How Business Owners Can Reclaim Their Most Precious Resource

In 1790, Benjamin Franklin wrote one of his most quoted lines: “Lost time is never found again.” But Franklin wasn’t just being poetic—he was a man obsessed with productivity. His…

12Dec

by Katarzyna Kwiatowska

Outsourcing

How Process Outsourcing is Transforming into Team Outsourcing with Cloud Solutions

Outsourcing has undergone significant evolution in recent years. From the traditional model of outsourcing specific business processes (Business Process Outsourcing, BPO), it has transitioned into the outsourcing of entire teams,…

06Dec

by Zuzanna Ławrynowicz

Outsourcing

Outsourcing Done Right: Lessons from Apple’s Supply Chain

Now, whether you’re an Apple fanatic or a Windows loyalist (no judgment here), there’s one thing we can all agree on—Apple’s ability to deliver products seamlessly is nothing short of…

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