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Thursday, March 30, 2023

Chamber Weekly Survey

Your Kitsap County Chambers want to know: How many times a month do you use Kitsap Transit's scheduled bus routes?

Please select one. None Select 1 to 2 times/month Select 3 to 5 times/month Select 6 to 10 times/month Select 11 to 15 times/month Select 16 to 20 times/month Select 21 or more times/month Select

*Survey questions are run for at least 2 weeks to capture all of our readers. The Greater Kitsap Chamber is committed to learning how best to serve our business membership and community. Your participation in poll questions like these help us to work better for you!

State's Proposed Budget Focuses on Schools, Health Care and Housing

Published in the Kitsap Sun, March 29, 2023 Photo: Amanda Snyder/The Seattle Times, 2022 Democratic budget writers in the Washington Legislature want to plow billions of new dollars into climate-change projects, K-12 schools, and substance-use and mental-health programs, according to their budget proposals for the next two fiscal years. But perhaps the most notable focus of the proposed two-year operating budgets released by House and Senate leaders in recent days: They put billions into raises for state employees and provide more money to pay workers like home-care providers and employees of assisted living facilities, adult-family homes and care facilities. Read the full article in the Kitsap Sun here.

AI for Business: Practical Ways to Use (and Avoid) AI

At first glance, especially for people who have trouble writing or have difficulty starting out and collecting their thoughts at a keyboard, AI can feel like the smartest kid in the class offering to do your homework for free, forever. It seems like a huge win and I’m not saying it isn’t. But there are a few things you should be aware of as well as some tasks it does tremendously well that could save you a lot of time and energy. Read on for advice on what to be on the lookout for with AI and how it can help your business, from Christina Metcalf.

Meeting Your Workers in the Middle: Work-from-Home Versus Remote Work

Published on FastCompany.com, March 23, 2023 Photo: Luis Alvarez/Getty Images You’d think that most of us wouldn’t swap the convenience of working from home for the days of Monday-Friday commutes. But the newest working generation, Gen Z (b. 1997-2012), wants the option to go back into the office for a work/life we older workers might’ve had. The one that involved social connection, the sounds and smells (sans the microwaved fish from last night’s leftovers), and hands-on collaboration found in working face-to-face. By trying to balance older generations with Gen Z, are we thrusting people into working environments without any consideration of the long-term consequences? Here’s why we have to meet in the middle. Explore Jenn Lim's article here on how sweeping mandates regarding remote work might not give you the results you're looking for.

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