In the early days of the pandemic, economists and other experts worried about how the fallout might affect low-income and middle class Americans. The rapid loss of jobs over the spring of 2020—when tens of millions of Americans applied for unemp…
I haven’t had a day off in 20 months. There are people out there—particularly the nurses and physicians and respiratory therapists—who are doing the same thing, only in the trenches. So I’m not complaining. But it is thoroug…
The term productivity has many definitions. The Oxford English Dictionary, citing examples from the 1600s, equates the term with being “creative” and “generative.” In economics, productivity is associated with labor, as a me…
The “Great Resignation” has left a lot of people with time on their hands. And while this time may be a welcome respite from the daily grind, most folks will need to get back to work eventually. For many, this period is a time of reflecti…
I once had a seventy-five-minute one-way commute to work. It was a truly exhausting journey tacked on to the beginning and end of my typical twelve-hour days in the office. I quickly came to dread having to be on the road by 5:30 every morning, and onl…
Rarely a week goes by in which I fail to receive some sort of emailed survey asking me about organizational climate, diversity and equity issues, or how I feel about some product I glanced at online. We live in a data-driven society and there seems to …
Colleges, businesses, and bureaucracies have long operated on an “old power” model—rigid hierarchies that rule from the top down. But Henry Timms says that paradigm is going extinct. In his book, New Power: How Power Works in Our H…
Companies across the world are at a critical moment for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The impact of prevalent social justice movements with the changing definition of work has placed a new focus on work culture and creating inclusive workplac…
Instant messaging platforms like Slack make it easy to send messages to coworkers, but they can also be distracting when you’re getting interrupted by notifications constantly. Avoid information overload by knowing how and when to use it.
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The Great Resignation is here, and millions of U.S. workers are quitting their jobs—or planning to, anyway. A whopping 65% of working adults say they are looking for a new gig, according to an August poll conducted by PwC. Luckily for job hunter…
