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September 22, 2022

Companies like Spot are working toward inventing the metaphors that will explain the value of the metaverse to the new world of work.

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Workspace Strategy

Designing Workspaces for Neurodiversity; Addressing Gender Inequalities in Hybrid Work

April 28, 2022

In today's Workspace Connect Wrap, we explore a study from HOK and Tarkett on designing workplaces for neurodiverse employees and Deloitte research on workplace issues facing women.

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Boomerang Brings Humanity Back into Scheduling Meetings

Dana Casielles

April 27, 2022

In this Q&A, Barry Enderwick discusses the launch of Boomerang’s new scheduling-meetings tool and how it fits into an increasingly automated, hybrid work environment.

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

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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Software Update: Paylocity Adds Features, Slingshot Launches Workplace Service

April 21, 2022

Paylocity releases a set of add-on features for its Community service, and Slingshot releases its data-based collaboration tool.

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Workspace Strategy

Recession-Proofing Your Workplace Strategy: Assessing the Challenges

April 20, 2022

The looming possibility of a recession might be the latest monkey wrench for workplaces building out their vision of the future of work.

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Workforce Strategy

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

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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WeWork Announces Latest Partnership, Box Reveals Virtual Whiteboard Tool

April 14, 2022

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

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Cisco Introduces Workspaces Tool, Jellyvision Releases Mobile App

April 12, 2022

Cisco released its latest tool for real estate utilization, Jellyvision launched a mobile app for employee benefits, and office furniture startup Branch announced its latest funding results.

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Younger Workers Frustrated by Tech and Processes

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

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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Otter.ai Unveils New Features for Capturing Information at Meetings

March 31, 2022

In this Workspace News Wrap, Otter.ai unveils tools for improving information capture during meetings, and workers keep moving on amid the Great Resignation.

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Enterprise IT

Tech + Workplace Trends: EC22 Gives Glimpse Into Future of Work

March 31, 2022

At Enterprise Connect 2022, several speakers identified the influences enabling the future of work from a cultural and technological standpoint.

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Workforce Strategy

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