I’ve been saying this for a long time, it’s no longer about where the work is getting done, it’s about who is doing it, and who is managing them. Given the right environment, remote workers enhance your business rather than tax it. If they’re off on their own little islands or generally ineffective, that’s a people…
The number, 300,000, is from the UK. I have no doubt a similar survey in the US would results in millions of people fitting this bill. And most of them have a similar story to tell: “She went on to explain that every Thursday she’d have to take the afternoon off and spoke to her…
Having worked in all kinds of places, this makes total sense. So why do so many of us hate our open offices? The quiet chatter of colleagues and the gentle thrum of the HVAC should help us focus. The problem may be that, in our offices, we can’t stop ourselves from getting drawn into others’…
This is an interesting possibility: “The potential to use this data to promote workplace wellness is unparalleled,” Torous declares. “Such data may even help predict future mood states of teams and individuals — for example, proactively signaling when an employee may benefit from a day off to care for their mental health. Of course, such apps…
There are a bunch of numbers and links to studies in this article, but maybe this sums it up best: • Americans productivity is 400% greater than it was in 1950, and yet we are not earning 400% more. Our standard of living is about the same. In short, Americans are working longer hours but…
Given the way we are seeing more and more young people turn to texting instead of calling, and frankly, the number of older people who would also rather get a text as opposed to a phone call, this may make sense. You already know that networking is a huge key to success when it comes…