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Expanding Tech Capacity to Meet Telehealth Demand

November 02, 2022

As demand for telemedicine services settles after an early pandemic surge, providers and healthcare systems are building future tech capacity.

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Workforce Strategy

Telehealth's Future Depends on Better Workplace Policies for Staff

Terri Coles

October 31, 2022

The pandemic caused demand for telemedicine services to surge. Addressing healthcare worker burnout and retention is key to growing the industry.

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Workforce Strategy

Slack Says The "Remote vs. Office" Debate Is Settled

Lisa Schmeiser

February 04, 2022

In this WorkSpace Connect News Wrap, Slack finds a hybrid-workforce majority, remote work ticks up in January.

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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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Employee Experience

Citi Confronts Vaccine Holdouts in No Jab, No Job Mandate

Bloomberg News

January 07, 2022

Citigroup Inc. was the first major Wall Street bank to impose a strict Covid-19 vaccine mandate: Get a shot or face termination. With its deadline fast approaching, the company is preparing...

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Workspace Strategy

Amazon, Meta Scrap CES Plans in Las Vegas After Covid Surge

Bloomberg News

December 22, 2021

Amazon.com Inc., Meta, Pinterest, Twitter and several news outlets have canceled plans to attend the annual CES technology conference in Las Vegas, a response to surging Covid-19 cases...

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Workforce Strategy

Will We Ever See a Widespread Return to Office?

Ryan Daily

November 30, 2021

Two years into the pandemic, fears of a new COVID variant once again throw return-to-office plans up in the air.

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Collaboration

Return to the Office for Collaboration’s Sake?

Beth Schultz

November 25, 2020

Some tasks can be done remotely in a crisis but are much more effectively done in person, a McKinsey report shows.

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Real Estate/Facilities

Will Post-COVID World Really Look That Different?

Eric Krapf

October 09, 2020

Employees have more leverage today than after 9/11.

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Workforce Strategy

Thinking Beyond the ‘COVID-19 Secure’ Workspace

Jon Ingham

May 20, 2020

Part 1 of a two-part series exploring the need for smart, progressive planning in bringing people back to the new normal workspace

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Workspace Strategy

Mindful Places: Creating Spaces that Meet Psychological Needs

Kay Sargent

May 07, 2020

Meeting psychological and safety needs is a prerequisite to employee engagement and well-being, especially now. Part four in a six-part series on mindfulness in the workplace.

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Workforce Strategy

5 Ways to Foster Positive Return-to-Office Experience

Beth Schultz

May 06, 2020

Keeping these guidelines in mind can help ease anxieties about coming back into the office.

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Workforce Strategy

How IT Can Support Work-from-Home Management

Irwin Lazar

May 05, 2020

With WFH shift comes a redefinition of the relationship between facilities, HR, and IT, and opportunity for IT to demonstrate new value to the organization.

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Meeting Rooms

Huddle No More

Beth Schultz

April 29, 2020

Constraints in enabling collaborative workspaces should lead companies to think about why they have offices to begin with and what roles they play.

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Office Design

Rethinking Office Space for Lower Density

Beth Schultz

April 23, 2020

Behavioral change and technology use will factor heavily in our post-pandemic workspaces, more so than furniture swaps.

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