Innovation matters. It is determinant for organizational growth and consequently to the products that we are building.

Having said that, when it comes down to exploring new opportunities that could lead us to innovation, the way we build and tell these stories can lead us to success (or not). But why isn’t that so easy? Because we are programmed with many behavioral mechanisms that prevent us from acting. To briefly illustrate, one of these behavioral mechanisms is the so-called “negativity bias.” Continue Reading

How to live healthily in a diverse environment? How to deal with many backgrounds, lifestyles, and opinions?  Cheesecake Labs is a company that fosters diversity and works to create a comfortable and respectful atmosphere. However, sometimes it is not that easy to keep it harmonious.

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How companies mistakenly try to use diversity

What comes to your mind when companies talk about diversity? Or even better, what did you think about when you saw all their Twitter accounts changing into rainbow logos this June?

I, personally, felt really happy when I saw diversity initiatives not only in companies in Brazil, but also in companies from the town where I live, Florianopolis. But when you stop to really think about it, don’t you have this annoying little thought in the back of your head saying that this is just a new trend and maybe one day it will pass?

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We’re glad to share that we’ve returned from SingularityU Brazil Summit 2019, where we’ve presented the newest version of the SU app for Singularity University.  Featuring a chat functionality, the app now expands its experience regarding information exchange, research and data in areas like artificial intelligence, robotics and digital biology.

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One of my favorite parts of the PM job is to search and try new and fun ways of conducting Sprint Retrospectives. =]

Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the team to inspect itself and create a plan for improvements to be enacted during the next Sprint.

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Living in a heteronormative society is really complicated. Sometimes you can’t just stand up for yourself because you need that money, that job, that place to live. According to The Guardian, most companies in Europe and US are relatively open to LGBTQ+ people at their workspaces. However, 34% of the LGBTQ+ in UK are still in the closet. Continue Reading

Have you ever tried to be more present at work? To be more mindful? Here are a few ways you can inject mindfulness into your day so you can de-stress and boost your performance.

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During these past years, many startups popped up with this different and super cool work environment. It is completely new and seems adventurous, but worked nicely for most of them. Since we are this new kind of technology company, I thought it would be nice to talk about our own experience.

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This holiday season we have extra special news to celebrate – and we are excited to share our recently earned award. Cheesecake Labs is honored to be featured in the annual Global Leaders list and also to be included in the Clutch 1000, a new and exclusive category by Clutch.

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2018 and up, we all know about the evolution happening with women’s participation in society. That is why I chose my graduation paper to be about that! Woman, 26 years old, Psychologist to be and business professional, I was ready to talk about it, about why we are just as good as, or even better sometimes, than man at our professional lives and also to do leadership!

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