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Her Magazine June July 2013

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:buisness in brief BUSINESS Big business in bite sized snippets IN BRIEF how brain training can make you significantly smarter A new San Francisco web-based company has taken thinking a step further and developed the first "brain training program" designed to actually help people improve and regain their mental sharpness. Called Lumosity, it was designed by some of the leading experts in neuroscience and cognitive psychology from Stanford University. Lumosity is far more than an online place to exercise your mental skills. That's because they have integrated these exercises into a web-based program that allows you to systematically improve your memory and attention skills. The program keeps track of your progress and provides detailed feedback on your performance and improvement. Most importantly, it constantly modifies and enhances the games you play to build on the strengths you are developing - much like an effective exercise routine requires you to increase resistance and vary your muscle use. www.howlifeworks.com Do you care about sustainability? Businesses have had a sharp wake up call with a new survey showing fewer people than last year think their workplaces are sustainable. The Sustainable Business Council/Fairfax Business and Consumer Behaviour Survey shows the number of people who think their workplace is sustainable has been steadily sliding on measures ranging from general impressions to procurement policies, to limiting carbon emissions, water and waste. Part of this may be down to the ongoing recovery from the Global Financial Crisis but there is also the risk that it is because people and businesses are becoming blase about the issue. www.stuff.co.nz Quick links Each year, Forbes ranks the 25 fastest-growing technology companies. They comb more than 5,000 publicly traded technology companies, looking for profitable companies with a minimum revenue of $150 million and a minimum market value of $500 million. They then look for firms with sales growth of at least 10% for each of the past three fiscal years and over the latest 12 months. Finally they rank companies based on their three-year average sales growth rates in descending order. New Zealanders might believe they live in an egalitarian nation but a worldwide "better life index" shows the quality of life here is being significantly harmed by the gap between the rich and poor. The top 20 percent of the population earn five times as much as the bottom 20 percent. www.stuff.co.nz 12 | www.h e rmagaz i n e . c o. n z No. 1 is LinkedIn Founded in 2003, LinkedIn operates the world's largest professional network on the Internet with more than 150 million members in over 200 countries and territories. Members are able to create, manage and share their professional identity online, build and engage with their professional network, access shared knowledge and insights, and find business opportunities. Its platform provides members with solutions, including applications and tools, to search, connect and communicate with business contacts, learn about career opportunities, join industry groups, research organizations and share information. www.forbes.com

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