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The founder and CEO of ESTCORP Dr Ott Pärna 🎤 lead the Seminar on the Future of Remote Sensing for the managers of the administrative area of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Estonia.

The seminar was organised jointly by the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences Remote Sensing R&D Centre and the Ministry of Interior, and it focused on the future of cross-institutional satellite-, drone- and sensor-based remote sensing. In addition to inspirational speeches and presentations, the seninar had a world café style discussion on the following five topics: technology, data, collaboration, people, and policy, legislation and regulation. The remote sensing seminar took place on October 20th, 2020, at the Ministry of Interior.

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👆👆👆 You can never be productive if you take on too many responsibilities. And it’s the ability to say No that actually separates highly productive people from those running behind!

If you’ve ever struggled with turning down someone, here is a list of 8 ways to say No respectfully without feeling guilty 🤩

1. Separate refusal from rejection
2. Ask more questions
3. Take time to process the request
4. Don’t make people wait too long
5. Be assertive and courteous
6. Offer alternatives, not excuses
7. Choose respect over popularity
8. Make your peace

Read more below!

How to Say No with Greater Confidence 8 ways to say no respectfully – without feeling guilty.

🤔🤔🤔 A pandemic lockdown might be a fruitful time for other introverts. Isaac Newton was at Cambridge University when, in 1665-66, the bubonic plague broke out. Like schools and universities today, Cambridge closed and sent its students home. Newton was stuck on his family estate in rural Lincolnshire. Young Newton spent endless hours alone in nature, in pensive absorption. 🍎 Once he saw an apple fall from a tree, and realized that it responded to the same force as the moon orbiting the earth, which led him to a theory of gravity. 🌈 He also observed light in its many colors and began thinking about optics. And he applied his logic to nature in a way that led him to pioneer calculus. Historians now call Newton’s quarantine his annus mirabilis, or miracle year. For introverts who are drained by the random noise of small talk, it's your time to shine. Take this time to think, read, tinker, or discussing something in depth. Good things can be found when going deep. https://trib.al/zDvRYYA

Opinion | A pandemic lockdown might be a fruitful time for other introverts. Isaac Newton was at Cambridge University when, in 1665-66, the bubonic plague broke out. Like schools and universities today, Cambridge closed and sent its students home. Newton was stuck on his family estate in rural Lincolnshire. Young Newton spent endless hours alone in nature, in pensive absorption. 🍎 Once he saw an apple fall from a tree, and realized that it responded to the same force as the moon orbiting the earth, which led him to a theory of gravity. 🌈 He also observed light in its many colors and began thinking about optics. And he applied his logic to nature in a way that led him to pioneer calculus. Historians now call Newton’s quarantine his annus mirabilis, or miracle year. For introverts who are drained by the random noise of small talk, it's your time to shine. Take this time to think, read, tinker, or discussing something in depth. Good things can be found when going deep. https://trib.al/zDvRYYA

“To our amazement, the work-from-home employees were far from goofing off — they increased productivity by 13.5 percent over those working in the office.“

Why working from home should be standard practice And if your boss is on the fence, here’s a compelling case study — from economics professor Nicholas Bloom — to show her.