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11/05/2017 / By JD Heyes

Snowflake management: New “pause pod” gives delicate employees a place to escape pressures of daily life

There is a cultural revolution of sorts taking place that many people are not completely aware of yet: The transformation of Western societies from robust, risk-taking innovators into skittish, frightened snowflakes afraid of any semblance of resistance. That is the only way to explain how something like a “pause pod” could even become a “thing” […]

10/30/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Yes, your child is seriously fat, but nurses are ordered to swap the words “overweight and obese” for positive, friendly terminology to avoid triggering snowflake parents

Body weights are climbing around the world, with countries like the U.S. and the U.K. seeing skyrocketing rates of obesity. It’s not just adults who are getting fatter; more and more children are also packing on the pounds. Now, Public Health England (PHE) is urging healthcare professionals to avoid using the term “obese” when discussing […]

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