Developing Strategy
Will Relaxed Rules About Hybrid Work Improve Productivity and Performance?
Strategists weigh in on what relaxed rules around physical presence in the office mean for productivity and performance.
Workplace Environment
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Remote Work
The Best of This Week
Seven steps to addressing burnout, an intersectional approach to mitigating bias in AI, and running mixed-mode meetings.
The MIT SMR Editors
Work-Life Balance
The New Strategic Road Map for Attracting and Retaining Working Parents
New research exposes the conflicts working parents may face when weighing concerns about work and career geography.
Teri Leavens, Kimberly Merriman, Tamara Montag-Smit, and David Greenway
Organizational Behavior
Remaking the Workspace to Boost Social Connection
Reimagined workspaces can enable interactions that foster more meaningful human connections in our work lives.
Martha Bird
Culture
Why Companies Should Adopt a Hub-and-Spoke Work Model Post-Pandemic
The hub-and-spoke model of work offers a middle ground between packed offices and the isolation of working at home.
Benjamin Laker
Organizational Behavior
Building Better Work Models for the Next Normal
It’s time to start revisiting work policies and their implementation as businesses plan a return to shared workspaces.
Rick Western
Data & Data Culture
Experiments and Data for Post-COVID-19 Work Arrangements
Testing can guide decisions such as who needs to work in an office and what work hours are optimal.
Thomas H. Davenport and Thomas C. Redman
Skills & Learning
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Preparing workers for a digital future, targeted learning, and the emotions of returning to the office.
The MIT SMR Editors
Crisis Management
How to Prevent the Return to Offices From Being an Emotional Roller Coaster
Leaders can take proactive steps to make workers feel more comfortable about going back to in-person work.
Liz Fosslien and Mollie West-Duffy
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Learning and Development Trends Today — and Beyond the Pandemic
In this Q&A, Skillsoft’s Rashim Mogha discusses learning and development trends and opportunities.
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Leadership Skills
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Planning for the post-pandemic workplace, managing hybrid teams, and optimizing your organization for AI.
The MIT SMR Editors
Remote Work
Redesigning the Post-Pandemic Workplace
Leaders must plan now for a workplace forever changed by COVID-19.
Gerald C. Kane, Rich Nanda, Anh Phillips, and Jonathan Copulsky
Talent Management
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Redefining work without jobs, optimizing emotional landscapes, and fitting in while standing out.
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Diversity & Inclusion
Three Elements of Successful Corporate Social Justice Initiatives
The highlight of the 2019-20 NBA season was a player-led response to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Luca Servodio and Latia Curry
Culture
Enter the Cube Farm
The office cubicle is the product of a well-intended design philosophy gone astray.
Martha Bird
Remote Work
How to Monitor Remote Workers — Ethically
Employee surveillance practices are increasing along with remote work arrangements. But can companies do it ethically?
Benjamin Laker, Will Godley, Charmi Patel, and David Cobb
Skills & Learning
The Four Competencies Every IT Workforce Needs
Managers must seek and cultivate new skills in the IT workforce to create digital business value.
Ayse Karaevli, Serden Özcan, and Anja Wintermeyer
Culture
The Opportunity Costs of Weight Bias at Work
Being overweight is highly stigmatized, but companies can take steps to help combat weight discrimination.
Enrica N. Ruggs, Eden B. King, and Mikki R. Hebl
Developing Strategy
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Accelerating strategy breakthroughs, transforming the supply chain, and contextualizing office space.
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Organizational Structure
Contextualizing the Office: How and Where Work Gets Done
Our systems of belief, technology, and cultural practices have shaped what many of us think of as “the office.”