What happens when you meet colleagues in-person whom you have only previously ever seen through a screen? It’s a question that is increasingly important … Read more
Employers’ Awkwardness About Where People Work
U.S. companies have entered that awkward stage. Like young teenagers with a crush, they look uncertainly across the room and wonder what their next move … Read more
Tech Leaders’ Data-Free Assault on Remote Work
Covid-19 forced employers who had long resisted flexible work — and especially remote work — to embrace it to survive. This was especially true of the tech … Read more
The Return-to-Work Paradox
Now that all U.S. adults are eligible for Covid-19 vaccination and herd immunity seems within reach, it’s tempting to imagine getting back to normal. In … Read more
Open for Business?: Top Return-to-Work Policy Questions Answered
As vaccine distribution becomes widespread and employees begin to return to work, we continue to field questions related to return-to-office plans. Below … Read more
The Big Come Back: Creating a Return-to-Work Strategy
A recent national Covid office survey found that 63% of employees were ready to return to the office with the right incentives and safety precautions. By … Read more
When Frontline Workers Return to Work
As people start, stop, and start again to return to the workplace, they are likely to see large-scale changes. Such changes will be especially paramount in … Read more
Get Ready for COVID Recovery Workplace Reintegration
Some 30 to 35% of the workforce — 50 to 60 million employees nationwide — were furloughed or laid off due to the COVID pandemic within the span of mere … Read more
Getting Back to Work Safely: Three Critical Barriers to Re-entry, Solved
An analysis of week-by-week workforce activity trends in the U.S. tracks a sharp and steady decline in employees clocking in for work leading up to … Read more
Proceed With Caution: Moving Back to Workplaces Will Come With New Challenges
In late February, just before the U.S. began shutting down, I took on a new project: helping a client develop employee communications relating to their … Read more