Why it's OK to turn down an opportunity You should pass on projects you can't deliver on, even if they seem like opportunities, Anisa Purbasari Horton writes. Weigh both the short- and long-term costs and benefits, she writes. Fast Company online (3/6)Meeting a new employee? Be curious New hires should meet a range of people to get a feel for what the company does and who works there, but those sessions are equally important for leaders to listen rather than show off, writes James daSilva. Lead Change (3/2)
Set goals for yourself on LinkedIn to make better decisions about connections, says author Kelly Hoey. It's often best to reject unpersonalized requests to connect. Quartz (3/5)
The Landscape
Why companies are skipping drug testing A tightening labor pool is prompting more employers to forego pre-employment drug tests. Companies eager for productive workers are more willing to overlook personal habits, especially as society becomes more accepting of recreational marijuana use. Bloomberg (free registration) (3/5)
Instagram Chief Operating Officer Marne Levine spoke at Retail's Big Show about how retailers can get the most from the platform, including using storytelling to bring a brand's personality to life and leveraging influencers to tell those stories. Engage with mobile Instagram users in real time, give them valuable content about the things they're most interested in and make it easy for them to shop on the platform, she said.Read the full post >
An Australian woman has found a message in a bottle traced back to sailors on a German ship in 1866. The message, which was authenticated by a multinational group of researchers, was found in a Dutch gin bottle. National Public Radio (3/6)
For as children tremble and fear everything in the blind darkness, so we in the light sometimes fear what is no more to be feared than the things children in the dark hold in terror and imagine will come true.
