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Finding Harmony in a Hybrid Work Environment

Office Space

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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The rapid evolution of payments in Latin America

McKensey

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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Women in Wine: 4 Sommeliers Shaping the Future of Mexico’s Wine Industry

Success

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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Author Talks: The business of ethics for leaders

McKensey

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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Psychosis Treatment: Numbing the World of Spirit

Mad in America

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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The McKinsey Crossword: Author Talks | No. 179

McKensey

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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Yarooms Featured in 2024 Gartner® Market Guide for Workplace Experience Applications

Yarooms

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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thoughtworks Offices – Bangkok

Office Snapshots

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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Your employees are freaking out over performance reviews. Here’s how to make them less stressful

Work Life

These days, performance reviews are getting a bad rap. They’re described as “ awful ,” “ harmful ,” and getting “ more stressful.” This is understandable. No one wants to feel that their entire body of achievement at work across a year can be summarized in a few paragraphs, or with a handful of adjectives that might not do justice to all the effort they put in.

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3North Offices – Richmond

Office Snapshots

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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These schools provide teachers with daycare

Work Life

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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Huckletree Offices – London

Office Snapshots

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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Why these 3 employees decided to go back to the office full time

Work Life

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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Achieving Health Equity: Breaking Down Barriers and Creating Change

CoreHealth Workplace Wellness

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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Watch out for these 5 red flags for remote jobs

Work Life

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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7 Healthy Habits to Boost Productivity in the Office

CoreHealth Workplace Wellness

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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This CEO learned 3 essential lessons about being a great leader from one trip

Work Life

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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Peace and quiet at work? Here are ten of the best and most far out solutions

Workplace Insight

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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Organizational Culture: Creating a Positive Work Environment

Wellics

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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Scale AI announces plans for new European headquarters in London

Workplace Insight

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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How virtual receptionists for one-person businesses work

Ruby

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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Finding the Balance: After-Hour Work vs. Productivity

Attendance Bot

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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Supporting Content Moderator Wellbeing: Moving from resilience towards organizational culture shift

Zevo Health

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