Category: Our Thoughts
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Do you need to downsize to go hybrid?
You want teams back in the office: your staff wants to be in 10 days or less each month for face-to-face connectivity. Does space have to get smaller with less people on any given day? Spontaneous, intimate breaks aren’t happening at the water cooler: creativity flows during zoom happy hour. Do you go to the…
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Workplace FOMO in 2022
Enthusiasm to return to the office continues to grow, yet FOMO is here to stay. Having lost those intangible advantages of co-working in the same space, connectivity has suffered as decreased engagement with senior colleagues leaving many feeling less productive, although technology kept us connected, it was no replacement for unscripted exchange. Forbes stated…
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Green light red light (go desk, stop desk)
I remember playing in the back yard with all the neighbor kids. My dad turned his back, and the game began as he yelled green light! We crept closer to tag him, knowing that the moment he spun around and shouted red light, we would freeze in our tracks. The first one to reach him without being sent…
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The wheels on the bus go round and round…
The wheels (employees) on the bus (going back into the workspace) go round and round and round… Put yourself in your bosses’ shoes. While we remain vigilant to stay safe and not spread the virus, not going back into the office is not always an option. Staff may welcome going back to workspace: others reel from the…
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Evolving Workplaces and the Impact on Productivity
Alternative work styles continue to morph, evolving differently for every organization. With no standard operating procedure in place for a one size fits all outcome, there are benefits and pitfalls to a functional, yet alternative, workstyle. The positives include: decreased expenses and operational costs; access to a global talent pool; increased engagement and improved job…
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The generations deal differently with their return to the office
When it comes to health and wellness, work and life balance, how we deal with this today creates different consequences tomorrow. The initial switch from in office to virtual was unplanned, and while we experienced the impacts of the Pandemic differently, how our future attitudes, behaviors, and expectations change will vary. Generations share experiences that have…
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Legal Battles Rage On
Businesses will continue to protect their staff although they face legal battles in the time of Covid-19: Litigation continues as employees get sick. In May 2020, The Washington Post published that nearly 800 lawsuits had been filed by prisons, followed by healthcare and every facet of hospitality and tourism, claiming illness and wrongful death. By September 2020 “…more than 5,000 lawsuits…had been filed as the ‘tidal wave’ of litigation was just getting started, although rarely will a business be found liable for…
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Should we believe in those workplace trends ‘they’ say are inevitable? And who are ‘THEY?’
Forecasting how we might work and live prepares us for the future. The work environment is under siege by economic challenges, technological developments, automation, and globalization. As the world changes, so do anticipated trends, although trends can be guesstimated with little accuracy depending on who is doing the collecting, assessing, and reporting. The workplace of today can help us prepare for tomorrow’s initiatives. If the trends are pointing to your business redefining workplace ethics and…
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As the workplace turns: Senior Managers remain focused on keeping us physically and emotionally fit
If you still have zoom fatigue, you are not alone. What needs to change as we work to reinstitute some sense of normalcy to a workplace that will never be the same? While experts boast of predictions, none of us can truly anticipate what the workplace will become, although we are seeing some consistent messaging around physical and emotional well-being as we come back…
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Will tomorrow be driven by AI on the other end of the Pandemic?
Will the future be filled with robots and AI even though so many have recently been unemployed? Covid-19 divided a nation and eliminated jobs. Will robots make it harder for humans to get re-employed? It’s been guesstimated that by 2025, the balance could change to a 50-50 combination of humans and machines. Disruptive technologies have been around for a long time. Automation creates new technology, builds jobs yet erases physical labor positions. And now, post…