Getting your message across can be hard, especially when the listener is faced with myriad distractions. One challenge you may not know about, though, is clearing the listening tendency hurdle. We all have a preference for processing information, and i…
The exodus of employees many of us are now familiar with (nicknamed “The Great Resignation”) is shaping up to be one of the most memorable work trends of the pandemic.
Despite a significantly high unemployment rate and feelings of uncerta…
Maybe more than any other, the creative fields have a strange tradition of undervaluing and undercompensating their talent, with employers treating artists, designers, writers, and other creatives as if they should feel lucky to get paid. They are told…
The cost of the pandemic to the hospitality industry has made big headlines lately. As brands seek front-line workers to fill positions and satisfy growing demand. But after 18 years in the space, I can’t help but wonder if there is a more signi…
In April, about 649,000 retail workers left their jobs—a record number of resignations for the industry. It was yet another inflection point in a broader trend sweeping workplaces, as employees reevaluate their relationship to work and act on th…
Many of us have spent so much time away from work colleagues—and staring at our screens—that it’s logical to wonder whether we need to somehow retrain or rewire our brains in order to relearn how to socialize with work colleagues a…
Will you be working from home on Thursday? Can you switch your office day next week from Tuesday to Wednesday so the entire team can brainstorm how to solve our current customer service wait times?
As numerous offices reopen and “return to work&…
In the last year a lot of white people finally woke up to the vast inequities that people of color have lived with for generations. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are a must-have, not a nice-to-have, for every company and employee, and so true allyshi…
Enterprise Architecture (EA) conveys management best practices for positioning business and technology resources to fulfil strategic goals, enhance Organizational Performance, and guide departments to achieve their core missions more successfully via Operational Excellence. Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF) realizes this goal for U.S. Federal agencies and assists systems surpass interagency boundaries. FEAF facilitates through documentation […]
Getting people talking is the first step to fostering collaboration between departments.
