Avoiding bad decisions, fixing failed collaborations and linking e-mail to misery

Every week, SmartCompany Plus brings you The Best of Everything, From Everywhere. This week, the pieces our team found the most interesting are a mixture of practical guides with forensic break-downs, and a fun example of how automation is already being embraced within the hospitality industry.

For most readers, the final link, Is Email Making Us Miserable should be a must read.

Avoiding bad decisions

Everyone makes mistakes, but you can avoid many of them by following these five steps.

How to fix failed collaborations ($)

This forensic account of a 64-person project breaking down, and being fixed, shows you the right questions to ask when a project goes off the rails.

Japanese noodle making robot makes 150 servings an hour

Automation isn’t limited to warehouses. How a hospitality business embraced robotics.

E-mail is making us miserable

Science shows more time over emails = more unhappiness. Should you reconsider your work practices?