Employee Engagement

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Workspace Technology

Wisq Gets Funding to Ease Employee Loneliness; Office Suck-Ups Return to Native Habitat This Spring

Lisa Schmeiser

April 26, 2022

In today's Workspace Connect Wrap, a startup garners $40 million for an employee engagement platform; office schmoozers are eager to resume a career built on watercooler chat.

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Employee Experience

Turning Wellness from Transactional to Transformational

Beth Schultz

April 25, 2022

Workplace wellness expert Laura Putnam shared three ways to improve the employee experience in a recent Metrigy podcast.

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Workforce Strategy

What to Know About the Four-Day Workweek Debate in California

Lisa Schmeiser

April 19, 2022

A global movement to work shorter hours has begun picking up momentum — with plenty of research to support this idea.

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Workspace Technology

WeWork Announces Latest Partnership, Box Reveals Virtual Whiteboard Tool

Ryan Daily

April 14, 2022

WeWork adds another partner, while Box shares its latest virtual canvas tool.

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Workspace Technology

Younger Workers Frustrated by Tech and Processes

Lisa Schmeiser

April 07, 2022

In this WorkSpace Connect Wrap, workplace technologies play a role in employee frustration, and more Teams meetings mean longer workdays.

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Workforce Strategy

Strategic Decision – The Distributed Hybrid Workforce

Scott Murphy

April 06, 2022

If the business makes the strategic decision to embrace the distributed hybrid workforce, there are huge benefits if done right.

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Meeting Rooms

Hybrid Work Has Demonstrable Value to Its Practitioners

Lisa Schmeiser

April 05, 2022

In this WorkSpace Connect News Wrap, we look at new data on the financial tradeoffs hybrid workers are willing to make—and who that worries most.

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Workforce Strategy

Meet the New Work Metric—the 'Worth It' Equation

Lisa Schmeiser

March 29, 2022

In this Workspace News Wrap, Microsoft reports on the mood among global workers—and finds most of them value their time very highly.

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Collaboration

Meeting Insights: Making Good Use of Collaboration Data

Beth Schultz

March 17, 2022

Mitel becomes the latest communications and collaboration provider with a plan for surfacing meetings data for improved business decision making.

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Employee Experience

Researchers: Remote Work Yields Better Work and Life Satisfaction

Lisa Schmeiser

March 16, 2022

In this Workspace News Wrap, workers continue to report high levels of satisfaction with remote work, and economists predict that remote work is likely to stick

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Employee Engagement

Addressing Employee Burnout, Retention With Workplace Communities

Ryan Daily

March 15, 2022

A representative for MixR shares his thoughts on using communities to improve employee engagement from onboarding to recruiting talent.

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Human Resources

Robin Partners With Logitech; Flimp Communications Releases HR Support Tool

Ryan Daily

March 10, 2022

Robin users can now leverage Logitech’s Tap Scheduler device for room booking, and Flimp Communications looks to assist HR with benefits communications.