The Hybrid Workspace, Societal Well-Being, and Productivity
Hybrid workspace, societal well-being, and productivity: On the surface, these three concepts aren’t obviously related.
Hybrid workspace, societal well-being, and productivity: On the surface, these three concepts aren’t obviously related.
"Ideas and Action" Credit: Rhoni McFarlane
‘I don’t see how we can replace the serendipitous idea generation of hallway conversations,” said Saul, the director of quality management for a 1,500-employee enterprise software company, during a planning meeting about the company’s post-vaccine return to the offic
Harran blinks in the sunlight, adjusting his eyes. He’s an inquisitive child, enthusiastic for all things new, yet still he struggles to understand what he’s looking at.
Most managers dread giving feedback. Offering a blend of praise and criticism is supposed to help your team members do more of what they’re good at and improve in areas where they’ve missed the mark. But research shows it rarely works that way.
If there’s anything the last decade has taught us—and the Covid-19 pandemic has punctuated in grand fashion—it’s that businesses must get digital or they may become invisible.
Medical laboratory professionals form the backbone of healthcare and the public health system.
Many tools and concepts can be applied when implementing a transformation in a business. But what makes the transformation meaningful? What is the thing that will drive the transformation’s success?
The importance of medical device cybersecurity is growing exponentially. As more devices become connected to the internet, threats to public safety mount.
‘Diversity means lots of things,” says Amir Goldberg, an associate professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business. “These days, it evokes the idea of race or gender, but it’s also about how people think.”
"Don't shoot the messenger" Credit: Juan María
A tall, thin man in his late 50s approached me after my closing keynote for a manufacturing association conference on how leaders can avoid business disasters. He looked distraught and agitated. I hoped he wasn’t angry with something I said.
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