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Editor's note
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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. It’s generally accepted that we need to strike the right balance between getting our work done with having a good time. Often, getting work done well is contingent on this balance.
That’s why David Allen argues that every company needs a Chief Fun Officer. A far cry from the average CFO (Chief Financial Officer), it is this person’s job to make sure your working environment is not staid and boring. Allen and colleagues have found that people who socialise at work are less likely to leave and work as more cohesive and positive teams. It’s not about having a foosball table in your break room or artificially manufacturing
fun. He explains how CFOs can help foster genuine good times in the office.
Meanwhile, we’ve got experts answering common questions about the future of cars and sharing six surprising facts about smell.
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Annabel Bligh
Business + Economy Editor
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Top stories
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David Allen, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Four ways they can make work more fun and keep staff happy.
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Andrew Morris, Loughborough University
How to get from A to B – in the future.
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Jane Parker, University of Reading
Smell – the strangest of all the senses.
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Health + Medicine
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Aoife Finnerty, University College Cork
Can existing laws help if something goes wrong?
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Patricia L. Foster, Indiana University
Norovirus, the winter vomiting bug, is highly infectious among people in confined places – like cruise ships. But not everyone is equally vulnerable. Your blood type may determine if you get sick.
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Environment + Energy
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Rahmat Poudineh, University of Oxford
The next 20 years of Britain's electricity policy must look very different from the previous 20.
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Mike Lee, Flinders University
Once you include insects, snails, worms and other small creatures, it's clear the fires could cause one of the biggest extinction events of the modern era.
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Education
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Nolan Jones, Mills College
For the second year in a row, hip-hop music is the most popular form of music in the US. So why isn't it in more of America's classrooms? A hip-hop scholar weighs in.
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Arts + Culture
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Emma Parker, University of Leeds
Charlotte Salomon's dizzying work of hope and creativity amid destruction and despair, is a moving early example of the contemporary graphic novel
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Business + Economy
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Simon Lee, University of Hull
When you look at what the PM is up against, the Brexit trade negotiations might almost seem like light relief.
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Science + Technology
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Didem Gurdur Broo, University of Cambridge
Traditional companies need to embrace high-quality data gathering to avoid being left behind by the next industrial revolution.
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