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Employee Engagement

Can a 4-Day Workweek Really Improve Employee Wellness?

Ryan Daily

January 19, 2022

Is the answer to employee burnout more time off? Some workplaces say yes.

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Workspace Technology

WorkSpace Connect News Wrap: Modo Labs Makes a Buy; Hybrid Work Carries On

Lisa Schmeiser

January 18, 2022

In this edition, the latest on a low-code platform that makes hybrid campus tools and a workplace management trend we’re watching.

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Workforce Strategy

WeLearn Connects Employees Through Facilitated Learning

Dana Casielles

January 14, 2022

CEO of workforce development company shares a strategy for building better humans through learning.

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Employee Experience

Google’s Staff Get Pricey Fast Covid Tests While Contractors Wait

Bloomberg News

January 11, 2022

Google offers its full-time employees working from home a supply of high-end instant Covid-19 tests. Meanwhile, the contract workers still coming into offices have to wait longer for...

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Workspace Technology

Come One, Come All to the Meeting Room of the Future

Beth Schultz

January 06, 2022

Tomorrow’s in-office, video-enabled conference rooms must support a seamless mishmash of services and equipment.

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Office Design

Addressing Workplace Challenges With Behavior-based Office Designs

Ryan Daily

January 03, 2022

In 2022, workplace leaders will need to maintain flexibility, potentially shifting to a behavior-based approach to office designs and to a hub-and-spoke model for office locations.

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Workforce Strategy

Will Return to Office Make Workers Feel Less Lonely?

Ryan Daily

January 03, 2022

How to combat burnout and feelings of isolation brought on by a year plus of working from home.

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Workspace Strategy

The Great Debate: Long Live the Office or WFH Forever?

Ryan Daily

December 30, 2021

CEOs, business school professors express the diversity of opinions on the future of work (and the office).

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Employee Experience

How Much Can Technology Improve Employee Experience?

Eric Krapf

December 27, 2021

No matter how great the tool at hand, employee experience can really only improve if leaders from HR and (in a hybrid setting) facilities/real estate work together with IT.

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Real Estate/Facilities

Can Hybrid Work Branch Out?

Eric Krapf

December 24, 2021

When it comes to office space, it may be time for a broader view of the assets we may already have at our disposal to serve that need.

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Workforce Strategy

Future of Work: From Surviving to Thriving

Dana Casielles

December 23, 2021

Omdia analyst shares digital transformation tips for enabling the future of hybrid work.

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Employee Experience

5 Best Practices for Optimizing the WFH Experience

Beth Schultz

December 21, 2021

Metrigy’s analysis of what’s working at the most successful companies shows that it pays to invest in the right technologies to support at-home workers.