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.
Workplace Environment
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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.
Rashim Mogha, interviewed by MIT SMR Connections
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
The Best of This Week
Redefining work without jobs, optimizing emotional landscapes, and fitting in while standing out.
The MIT SMR Editors
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?
Ben 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
The Best of This Week
Accelerating strategy breakthroughs, transforming the supply chain, and contextualizing office space.
The MIT SMR Editors
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.”
Martha Bird
Organizational Behavior
Technology in the Pandemic: Recreate the Office or Repurpose It?
Managers face a choice: use technology to recreate employees’ former office work lives, or craft a new strategy.
Eliana Crosina and Beth Schinoff
Leading Change
Making Remote Work Work
MIT researcher Kristine Dery shares how to make remote work an opportunity for employees to excel.
Paul Michelman
Talent Management
Skills the Innovation Workforce Will Need: A Live Session at Disruption 2020
Tucker Marion and Sebastian Fixson outline four essential skills workers need to master to succeed in digital environments.
Tucker J. Marion, Sebastian K. Fixson, and Paul Michelman
Leadership Skills
The Best of This Week
Time signals you send employees, overcoming interview mistakes, and workspaces that inspire and energize.
The MIT SMR Editors
Talent Management
Creating Jobs and Workspaces That Energize People
Jobs and workspaces can be designed to energize people through contact with the natural world.
Anthony C. Klotz
Talent Management
Why Time Signals Still Matter When Working Remotely
Being mindful about time signals can help managers make remote work easier for their employees.
Elana Feldman and Melissa Mazmanian
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