Jun 3, 2016

Marketplace Weekend for Friday, June 03, 2016

On today's show, we'll talk to the authors of an anxiety-inducing series of emails. Dave King/Flickr

This weekend, Lizzie O'Leary and Susan LaMotte, from workplace consulting company Exaqueo HR, discuss how workplace communication is changing due the rise of email, texting and Slack; Esperanza Spalding takes the Marketplace Quiz; and listeners tell us their tips on traveling with kids.

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How communications tools change the workplace

by Eliza Mills

Jun 3, 2016

What makes email, Slack or other communication apps successful?

A worker at the telegraph office receives a telegram over the phone and transcribes it on a typewriter in 1932.

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The Marketplace Quiz

Esperanza Spalding takes the Marketplace Quiz

by Raghu Manavalan

Jun 3, 2016

The jazz musician tells us about her Oregon upbringing and why she was a terrible 9-to-5 employee.

Performer Esperanza Spalding speaks during 'A Celebration of Song: In Performance at the White House Student Workshop."

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This weekend, Lizzie O’Leary and Susan LaMotte, from workplace consulting company Exaqueo HR, discuss how workplace communication is changing due the rise of email, texting and Slack; Esperanza Spalding takes the Marketplace Quiz; and listeners tell us their tips on traveling with kids.