Workplace professionals have worked with corporate real estate and facilities to build productivity and people-centric improvements in the office and work environment for decades. But resistance was usually high and...
Rather than see an age-diverse workplace as a challenge to be overcome, managers can boost a company’s success by making the most of employee experience. In 2016, the CEO of...
The discontent of today’s workforce presages a new era of work culture What are the most critical aspects of work culture from the perspective of workers? Perhaps we can start...
To create a productive workforce with low turnover and encourage a more collaborative environment, companies are permitting a new type of work-life balance. Dena Soukieh is a UX designer in...
Q “Can you train us to have better meetings?”A “We can, and it probably won’t work.” Bad meetings are the bane of the modern working world. The back-to-back, uninterrupted energy...
Inside the new innovations to prevent video-meeting fatigue In 1999, scientists and researchers noticed a troubling trend in an exciting emerging technology: videoconferencing was causing fatigue in people using it for...
Tech on the job: opportunity and risk Do most people think about the specific technology they use at work? They think of the tasks they complete via the use of...
At the beginning of the pandemic, few realized how dramatically it would affect the way we work. At first, it seemed that working from home might just be temporary—and that...
Missteps by corporations and institutions balancing the bottom line with employee well-being have led to a global pandemic of burnout, one that reaches into all aspects of life, at work...
Workplace upheaval is changing societies everywhere. But to fully embrace remote and hybrid work, one thing is clear: while digital infrastructure is critical, it’s not all that’s needed. In 2009,...
The future of work is already here. And it’s changed the modern workplace. Not that long ago, Artificial Intelligence (AI) felt like a concept that was “off in the distance.”...
Creating places for people to create the best work of their careers Welcome to Work 20XX. A show focused on work as we continue to navigate these transformational times. I...
We have heard about the Great Resignation and the big reshuffle the pandemic has fueled. After perhaps being pushed harder and farther than ever before for the past two years,...
An interview with Meg Bear, Chief Product Officer of SAP SuccessFactors, on adopting a humanity-first attitude. Welcome to Work 20XX. A show focused on the future of work as we...
Exhaustion while working at home is an increasing concern, but new solutions are paving the way for a brighter future. In August 2020, a large outdoor retail company made a...
We know hybrid work means different things to different organizations. Often, it comes to mean different things to different stakeholders in the same organization. It is not so much about...
Webex’s own Kris Rangarajan interviews Dr. Daniel Goleman, Author, Psychologist, and Leader in Emotional Intelligence at WebexOne. They talk about the growing importance of Emotional Intelligence in the new workplace,...
How we pace our work permeates—and changes—work culture “Every form of civilization is a wise equilibrium between firm substructure and soaring liberty.” – Eugen Rosenstock The Covid-19 pandemic has led...
So much about work depends on the pace of alternating between noise and silence. “Nothing has changed human nature more than the loss of silence.” – Max Picard In The...
The freedom to hire anyone anywhere enables businesses to reach new peaks with workers who are more neurodiverse. In 2020, Ultranauts, a software and data-quality engineering startup founded by two...
From luxurious break rooms to fun team outings, employers have historically invested a lot in providing ways for their people to socialize. That is: until our working world moved from...
Patrick Pichette, former CFO of Google, was already at the top of his game when the company recruited him. Pichette was a catch: a blue-chip CFO twice over. He’d served...
In the last year, the employee experience has completely changed. With most of the workforce at home, the way businesses engage their employees has had to evolve quickly. In this...
When the pandemic hit, ServiceNow was able to take its workforce that consisted of over 12,000 employees completely remote practically overnight. In this episode, CJ Desai, Chief Product Officer at...
Remote work is here to stay. 83% of workers, remote or on-site, say that a remote work opportunity would make them feel happier at their job. However, more than 60%...
Remote work is here to stay. By now, we know this. As businesses continue to react to the effects of the pandemic, offering digital solutions for team collaboration, face-to-face meetings,...
The late, great Tony Hsieh, former CEO of Zappos, once said of his business: “Our number one priority is company culture. Our whole belief is that if you get the...
What is a “Beatles moment?” Many legendary entertainers who got their start in the 1960s and ’70s will likely say that seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show in...
When Zapier started out, they were only a side project working out of an incubator in California. As they began to grow, they realized the best people for their team,...
In the years leading up to the 2020 pandemic, many people begrudged their daily trip to the office. This wasn’t just due to the commute – it was also the...
To offset the loss of educated workers to “superstar cities,” more places are offering perks like relocation stipends and the option to work remotely. It was the spring of 2010...
BetterUp wants to bring data to human resources and create more fulfilled employees. The way Alexi Robichaux tells it, his online executive coaching company BetterUp didn’t start because he was...
As tech companies draw scrutiny over on-demand labor practices, one platform is piloting a program in which worker benefits are supported by customers. As tech companies draw scrutiny over on-demand...
