Success

OCTOBER 23, 2024

It seems like just yesterday that the term “new normal”—popularized by the coronavirus pandemic—became synonymous with remote work. But today, this term has taken on a different meaning. With the pandemic now behind us, a growing number of firms, including Amazon and Dell , are pushing for a return to the traditional five-day workweek. But truth be told, after four years of remote work, returning to a rigid nine-to-five in the office feels like a move in the opposite direction.

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McKensey

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The rise of AI is driving data center demand and shifting power market dynamics. With European demand predicted to more than triple by 2030, significant investments are needed to realize this growth.

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Office Space

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Takeaways from IFMA World Workplace 2024 The IFMA organizers said it best: “Facility management is the art of creating an environment where people and processes thrive seamlessly, transforming spaces into engines of productivity and innovation.” Facilities managers from across the globe convened last week at IFMA World Workplace in San Antonio, a three-day event of speaker sessions, educational workshops, and networking.

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McKensey

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Generative AI is already adding value for corporate and business functions. Here’s how it could add more.

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Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

Decision Making

Spiceworks

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The COVID-19 global pandemic showed organizations that they did not require their workforce to be local 100% of the time. Many workplaces quickly shifted to a remote work strategy. Still, they didn&r.

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McKensey

OCTOBER 23, 2024

New analysis suggests that much of Europe’s anticipated electricity demand growth may not materialize, with important implications for the energy transition and industrial competitiveness.

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McKensey

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Investors, boards, and management teams are looking for banks to demonstrate differential value from technology. Our research provides a framework to link technology investments to value creation.

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Work Life

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The U.S. government fined American Airlines $50 million for failing to provide wheelchair assistance to passengers with disabilities and damaging thousands of wheelchairs over a five-year period. The Transportation Department said Wednesday that “in some cases,” wheelchair users were injured, but it did not give a number. American said it has made significant investments to improve the handling of wheelchairs.

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Transportation Government Training Reporting 98

McKensey

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A huge shift of personal financial assets to digital wealth managers in Asia–Pacific is on the horizon. Our latest insights reveal how banks and WealthTechs are taking action.

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Banking 117

Work Life

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In recent weeks, we’ve seen high-profile workforce moves gone wrong and insensitive comments from former industry executives. Unfortunately for them, some of these comments have gone viral, adding to the long list of blunders by organizational leaders in the post-COVID era. (See for example, a former Sony executive’s blunt advice to laid-off workers in the gaming industry —“Go to the beach.

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Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

Technology

McKensey

OCTOBER 23, 2024

With capital project leaders expected to raise spending, McKinsey’s senior partner Ishaan Nangia and partner Jae Hoon Jung describe how companies blend tech and talent to maximize returns.

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Work Life

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The 2024 election is rife with controversy, from the politics of the campaigns to the politics surrounding the administration of elections. Accusations of wrongdoing and ineptitude continue to plague election officials, despite their explanations of legal compliance and process. This is not new. During the 2016 election season, there was a growing narrative in the media and elsewhere that U.S. elections were poorly run.

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McKensey

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Arenas are industries that transform the business landscape. Eighteen future arenas could reshape the global economy and generate $29 trillion to $48 trillion in revenues by 2040.

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Office Snapshots

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A New York-based building owner makes a significant impact in Chicago with a spec suite focused on capturing the essence of the city. Located on the second floor, the pre-built, fully furnished space is at eye level with the Brown Line train, a feature the design team fully embraced as inspiration. In the reception area, custom metal panels mimic the intricate patterns of the station’s entrances and establish a strong urban connection.

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Training 98

McKensey

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The head of Europe’s largest private university group believes that AI technologies are critical to advancing the institution’s mission of flexible, personalized higher education.

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Office Snapshots

OCTOBER 23, 2024

IG Markets had decided to relocate the Melbourne office in their global operation, and approached Contour to design and deliver their new workplace within the Queen & Collins building in the CBD. Contour were tasked with designing the space that seamlessly blended a professional, client receiving space with a relaxed and welcoming work zones that supported IG’s hybrid workstyles.

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McKensey

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Feeling undervalued and overworked, especially amid year-end performance reviews, might be a signal it’s time to leave. Learn from an expert whether it’s a temporary slump or time for a new beginning.

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Work Life

OCTOBER 23, 2024

CVS Health last week named as CEO a tried-and-tested company veteran , the latest in a handful of firms this year that have turned to an experienced executive to take the helm, hoping to quell investor concerns amid economic uncertainty. Following pressure from an activist investor, CVS hired David Joyner to replace Karen Lynch. During her three-and-a-half year tenure, CVS’s stock fell nearly 11%.

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Sales Legal Prioritization Reporting 76

fm:systems

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Learn about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the hybrid work environment.

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Technology Learning 59

Work Life

OCTOBER 23, 2024

On Sunday night in Brooklyn, confetti rained down on Barclays Center and the New York Liberty. Until this past weekend, the Liberty was the only founding WNBA franchise to have never won a championship in 28 seasons. But that’s no longer true, after the team’s Game 5 comeback to beat the Minnesota Lynx, a franchise that already has five rings to its name.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A troublesome and persistent issue facing organizations today is their inability to develop and promote women – and especially women from visible minority groups – to leadership positions where they can play a key role in the decision-making process. After all, we have years of research and application examples of.

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Leadership Decision Making Promotion Teamwork 57

Work Life

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Have you ever heard the old business school saying about your ideal boss: Would you rather work with the “ competent jerk ” (more commonly portrayed as an “alpha”) or the “lovable fool”? It’s one of those impossible questions—a Kobayashi Maru of team management—that pushes us to consider our preferred option in a no-win scenario.

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Great Place to Work

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Here are three strategies to help veterans thrive in your company. For employers seeking candidates with in-demand attributes like entrepreneurial mindset, curiosity, leadership, self-awareness, and growth potential, veterans represent a unique and diverse community of untapped talent. After eight years of active-duty service, I transitioned out of the military in 2019.

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Work Life

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Welcome to Pressing Questions , Fast Company ’s work-life advice column. Every week, deputy editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer the biggest and most pressing workplace questions. Q: How should I talk about my career goals in an interview? A: It may feel uncomfortable to talk about your ambition to do bigger and better things when you’re interviewing.

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Yarooms

OCTOBER 23, 2024

As the way we work keeps evolving, the idea of having assigned desks is shifting toward more flexible and efficient options. That’s where the desk booking system comes in – a modern solution changing how we think about and use office space.

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Work Life

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Starbucks’ new CEO Brian Niccol has his work cut out for him. Tasked with reassuring investors that the company’s coffee shops are still hugely popular in the U.S., Niccol also has to contend with baristas and hardcore Starbucks customers who say they want plenty of changes. Baristas complain about what they say are chronic understaffing and poor pay and benefits, and their inability to easily ban aggressive customers from Starbucks stores.

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Sales Legal Promotion Reporting 75

fm:systems

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This webinar will provide a comprehensive guide for facility managers on the essentials of indoor air quality (IAQ).

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Work Life

OCTOBER 23, 2024

As a practicing reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist, I’m well-versed in the nuances of menopause and perimenopause. I’ve helped women navigate the symptoms that accompany this transition, including hot flashes, sleep disturbances, mood changes, hair and skin changes, and more. As a millennial in my 40s, I’m now in the position to guide myself through this trying time, and I’m acutely aware of the significant impact workplace support can make.

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Attendance Bot

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Germany’s 2025 holiday calendar features a variety of national and regional public holidays, offering time off for citizens to celebrate religious, cultural, and historical events. Some holidays, like New Year’s Day and Labour Day, are celebrated nationwide, while others, such as Reformation Day and Corpus Christi, are observed in specific states.

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Sarah Levitt

OCTOBER 23, 2024

I have had a deep, romantic love for this country for as long as I can remember. For the courage and boldness of our democratic experiment, for the light we represent to the world. For what we aspire to in our Constitution.

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Leadership 52

Office Dynamics Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The role of an Executive Assistant is more dynamic than ever, offering growth opportunities in leadership, project management, and strategic planning.

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Project Management Leadership Planning 52

Zevo Health

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Encouraging Content Moderators to take wellbeing time during their shifts requires a combination of structural support, cultural reinforcement, and practical initiatives that make it easy and comfortable for them to prioritize their mental health. Given the intense and often emotionally taxing nature of content moderation work, wellbeing time is crucial for preventing burnout and managing the mental health risks associated with the role.

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Office Snapshots

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The Vendée-based company Synappse, a major player in the digital transformation of healthcare and social institutions, recently moved into a 400 m² office space. It undertook a deep reflection to meet new work requirements. This reinvention of the office space was entrusted to the agency Decodheure, known for its innovative and human-centered approach.

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Work Life

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The road to becoming a parent can be physically, emotionally, and financially draining. I know this personally because my partner and I spent a long time traversing our own difficult path to parenthood. After five unexplained miscarriages, I finally gave birth to our now 13-year-old twins through the help of in vitro fertilization (IVF), immune suppression, group therapy, acupuncture, and use of the life-saving (and as it turns out, fertility-preserving), abortion medication—mifepristone.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 23, 2024

D r. Paul Andrews is an Associate Professor of Evolutionary Psychology in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour at McMaster University. His research focuses on understanding the evolution of depression, which he argues may be an evolved emotional response for understanding and solving complex problems. Dr. Andrews is also concerned with the evolution of the serotonin system and the effects of antidepressants on mental and physical health.

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