Ben Crudo is the CEO of Diff, a full-service agency that designs and builds ecommerce solutions for major retailers. A year ago, he decided to make a huge permanent change: swapping out his smartphone for a “dumb one.” As the CEO of a growing tech company, he knew it was a risky move. And while he wasn’t fully successful, it did teach him some valuable lessons in leadership.

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We all know of one of THOSE families. A grown adult is still staying with their parents adding financial strain to any plans that they might have had of retiring to the Bahamas. How and why do these families allow this to happen? And at what point do you push the bird out of the nest?

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A Japanese Doctor who lived to the age of 105, and worked until he was 100 years old, gave a piece of sage advice ‘Don’t Retire. And if you must, retire much later than 65’. We ask, at what age do you plan to retire, and what exactly is the definition of retirement to you?

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Out of all the foldable smartphones we’ve seen so far – which you can count on a single hand – Motorola’s new Razr looks like it has the best shot at gaining traction, because it solves a problem we didn’t know we had.

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Day One for Disney+ was eventful to say the least. Glitches and significant downtime on the app aside, Disney+’s subscriber tally of a staggering 10 million cements it as an overnight juggernaut in the streaming space - and a much larger rival to Netflix at this point than anyone would have anticipated.

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Ever had one of those experiences where you have a parcel arrive, and yet you don’t remember ordering anything? Or on the other hand, you order something online and it never arrives? Or even worse, a monkey orders things for you - literally. This is what happened to a zookeeper in China when she left her phone unattended. Well we’ve all had days like that.

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If you say “yes” fast, and offer to do that extra shift whilst staying late on that new project you volunteered to help out on, chances are that someone in the office might see you as a bit of a ‘People-Pleaser’ - or at least, some variation of that term. But should it be considered a negative term? Shouldn’t it be ok to just want to help people? Afterall, isn’t that what we’re constantly telling one another to do?

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Are you thinking of buying a new smartphone? Ever wonder what are the top considerations when you’re on the hunt? Well according to a Google and Ipsos research into Malaysian consumers, price isn’t always the factor. It ain't about the ca-ching, so just forget about the price tag.

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Remember that time companies would spend a fortune on open-office layouts, only to discover that face-to-face interactions decrease by 70% in open-office plans? Well it seems that workers in open spaces quickly develop psychological fourth walls, conceptual boundaries that protect their public solitude.

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Soft skills are the new career makers—and a host of new technology enablers have cropped up to help identify and optimise these skills for us. Companies see emerging tech such as virtual reality and artificial intelligence as an opportunity for machines to teach us more human skills such as emotional intelligence and agility at work.

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