Office Space

MAY 7, 2024

The transition to hybrid work models has presented a unique set of challenges for businesses: How do you create a workplace that seamlessly balances operational needs with the evolving desires of employees? OfficeSpace Software, a leader in workplace management solutions, tackled this complex question in its recent LinkedIn Live, “Finding Hybrid Harmony.” The webinar hosted by Yoni Rouache, Chief Sales Officer at OfficeSpace Software, featured Karen Jarvis, a workplace expert and Ope

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McKensey

MAY 7, 2024

Cash is no longer Latin Americans’ preferred way to pay, as debit cards, credit cards, and mobile payments have gained fans, presenting opportunities for financial-services companies.

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Mad in America

MAY 7, 2024

T he words that follow in this essay come from my own personal reflections as someone who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and who has experienced psychosis many times throughout life. Therefore, I would like the reader to know that these thoughts are based on my own beliefs and experiences and are not necessarily based on verifiable objective facts.

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McKensey

MAY 7, 2024

How should CEOs approach corporate values? When should they speak out on contentious issues? Alison Taylor breaks down how businesses can do the right thing—even when it’s not easy to.

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Leadership 133

Mad in America

MAY 7, 2024

A new study from Copenhagen University Hospital offers a rare glimpse into the personal experiences of six individuals as they navigate the complex process of tapering their antipsychotic medications. The research reveals not only the varied outcomes—varying from complete cessation to ongoing treatment—but also underscores a profound increase in personal empowerment and emotional insight regardless of the tapering results.

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McKensey

MAY 7, 2024

Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you’re looking for a quick win.

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Success

MAY 7, 2024

Mexico may not be the first country that comes to mind when you think of wine, but a region carpeted in green vineyards and dust roads just two hours south of San Diego has been making a case for oenophiles to get on board. Often referred to as the Napa Valley of Mexico, Valle de Guadalupe is a burgeoning wine region in Baja California, Mexico, that has impressed newcomers like myself and kept its decades long loyalists coming back for more.

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Yarooms

MAY 7, 2024

We are thrilled to announce that Yarooms, a comprehensive Workplace Experience Platform, has been featured in the 2024 Market Guide for Workplace Experience Applications (subscription required) published by Gartner, the world’s leading global research and advisory company. This guide serves as a valuable resource for companies embarking on their exploration of Workplace Experience (WEX) Applications.

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Work Life

MAY 7, 2024

When Christina Zimmerman returned to teaching last year after maternity leave, she grappled with postpartum depression that she says could have led to quitting her job. But her school’s onsite day care made all the difference, as she knew her daughter was just a few classrooms away. “I can be mom and teacher in the same breath,” said Zimmerman, who teaches fourth grade at Endeavor Elementary in Nampa, Idaho. “I’ve dreamed of teaching since second grade.

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Office Snapshots

MAY 7, 2024

thoughtworks (TWers) targeted YAAF to create their office as the “Social Spaces, Collaboration, Paring, Face to Face work, including focus space. Thus, YAAF creates most of the “Social Spaces” that TWers can use on a flexible, non-booked basis to collaborate and meet with colleagues, candidates and clients. These should enable hybrid team working and remote participation.

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Work Life

MAY 7, 2024

As soon as the COVID-19 vaccine became available, some companies started mandating that employees return to the office (RTO). But workers who had found that they were happier and more productive working from home began resisting, thus beginning an often contentious RTO debate that’s lasted over three years. U.S. office occupancy rates are at 40% to 60% of pre-pandemic levels, according to consulting firm Korn Ferry.

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Office Snapshots

MAY 7, 2024

This interior renovation for a design firm’s office was straight-forward in concept, envisioning community-oriented gathering spaces on the first story and a collaborative open studio on the second with a symbiotic relationship between the levels. The first story was pared back to clean lines and authentic materials complementing the existing mid-century modern material palette and prioritizing flexibility.

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Work Life

MAY 7, 2024

If you’re looking for a remote job because your company issued a return-to-office mandate, you may have a lot of competition. According to Google Trends, searches for remote jobs peaked in January 2024 and continue to be strong. What’s more, a survey by flexjobs found that only 3% of working professionals prefer to be fully in the office. To capitalize on the demand for remote jobs, some employers are taking shortcuts, says Michael Wallace, CEO of Greenback Expat Tax Services , which has a 100%

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Office Snapshots

MAY 7, 2024

Huckletree Kensington breathes life into a generic office building to create a vibrant and up-lifting shared workspace that celebrates the possibilities of innovative sustainable design. Focusing on the creation of spaces that invite collaboration, interaction and creativity, the design draws on a rich variety of textures and finishes to produce vivd and inviting spaces.

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Work Life

MAY 7, 2024

You’ve heard that business executives are concerned and conflicted about being a great leader when people are working from home. Coming out of the pandemic, we were skeptical that most office employees would be productive outside the office. “But they’ve gotten used to it and they like it. If we mess with it, we risk losing them to a competitor or driving them out of the company.

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CoreHealth Workplace Wellness

MAY 7, 2024

Health equity is a condition in which people have fair and equal access to resources and opportunities to maximize their health and well-being, regardless of their socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, or other factors. Achieving health equity in the workplace requires addressing the systemic barriers and disparities within the organization.

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Workplace Insight

MAY 7, 2024

Any survey that sets out to establish what people believe cuts their productivity and annoys them most about their workplace invariably throws up the same result; the noise and distractions generated by other people. So it will come as no surprise to learn that the same surveys usually find that employees believe that peace and quiet and freedom from distractions is the most important factor when it comes to getting some decent work done.

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CoreHealth Workplace Wellness

MAY 7, 2024

The success of your business depends on the efforts of hardworking, talented people. But if your employees aren’t engaged, workplace productivity gets compromised. Missed deadlines, loss of revenue, and cost overruns are just a few of the cascading problems poor engagement can cause.

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Workplace Insight

MAY 7, 2024

Scale AI has selected London as the location for its first European headquarters, reinforcing the company’s mission to accelerate the development of AI globally. Scale’s United Kingdom (UK) office will serve as the centre of its operations in Europe. The firm is an artificial intelligence company headquartered in San Francisco in the US State of California.

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Wellics

MAY 7, 2024

We've all heard the saying: a happy employee translates to a happy employer. But is it just another corporate buzzword, or is there truth to it? Hold on to your coffee mugs, because according to a recent SHRM report , there's more to this than meets the eye. Turns out, a whopping 61% of employees globally rate their workplace culture as "good or excellent," despite the recent rough economic patches.

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Ruby

MAY 7, 2024

Are you running a one-person business on your own? If so, we feel for you! Solopreneurs are a fairly common phenomenon, though. In fact, “Over half of all companies operate with fewer than 5 people,” according to research by Tidio. And we know that such ventures face a daunting array of unique challenges. That’s because many of the tasks in such operations are full-time jobs in and of themselves.

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Attendance Bot

MAY 7, 2024

In the fast-paced world of modern work, finding the delicate balance between productivity and personal well-being is a perpetual challenge. The Slack Workforce Lab conducted a comprehensive study shedding light on key factors influencing employee productivity. Let’s delve into their findings and explore actionable solutions to enhance productivity without sacrificing work-life balance.

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Zevo Health

MAY 7, 2024

Content Moderator’s work can be challenging – not only contending with the normal, everyday stressors of work but also exposed on a daily basis to disturbing, repetitive, or shocking content, leading to a greater potential risk of psychological distress. As part of their complex roles, they enforce policy, assess potential risks of different types of content, analyze patterns or trends in policy violations, undergo continuous learning on evolving policy, as well as adhere to legal requirements a

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Training Leadership Legal Prioritization 52