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Amplia Group's Friday Five

Every Friday, we curate and share content that is timely and relevant. This is our Friday Five - it’s what we see happening right now, in our weekly round up.

Here’s a snapshot of what’s inside:

  1. Snapcat tops Apple in the cool department

  2. Are female leaders more effective at defeating the Coronavirus crisis?

  3. What to do with the statues: How the US can learn from post-Nazi and post-Soviet Europe and What some scholars recommend the UK does with its statues

  4. Is England prepared to ease lockdown? See how it compares to the rest of Europe

  5. Trump begins campaign rallies in state where Coronavirus cases are spiking, requires attendees sign waiver of liability for illness or injury

Want to increase your productivity in 2020?

Technological advances can help us work more efficiently, reduce carbon emmissions by cutting back on air travel, and bring us closer together. We use technology every day - email, texts, IM, social media, CRM tools - but we need to use tech to enable us, not to hinder our productivity. As this article by Wired points out, humans can sometimes be driven by the “dopamine reward cycle of constantly checking for messages and responding to every notification.”