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New research shows 75% of organizations have not prepared their workforce to be successful with hybrid and remote work. Specifically, they have not:
- Trained managers to manage a distributed workforce
- Trained employees in best practices for remote or hybrid work
- Adopted team and/or communications norms
The 2024 State of Workplace Flexibility Report, a collaboration between TechSmith, Global Workplace Analytics, and Caryatid LLC, covers a wide range of topics including how employees collaborate and communicate, the mix of asynchronous and synchronous practices they use and would like to use for collaboration, communication, and meetings, and much more. Each topic is nuanced by the respondent's age, the size of the company they work for, their place in the organization, and their role.
Download your free copy of the 30-page report HERE!
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In recent years, millions of people worldwide transitioned from working in offices to at home, sparking a rise in questions about productivity, health…
Studies, or more specifically, the headlines about them boil my blood. In this one, the highlights indicate that "work performance" is better in-office. However, the findings show only one of the five factors they use to measure performance, motivation, has a statistically significant positive impact. Two other measures, stress and fatigue, are significantly higher in the office. And the last two, work output and focus do not have a statistically significant impact!
So how do those findings support a highlight about "work performance" being better in the office? They don't.
Meanwhile, they don't even include the finding that "connection to coworkers", which is significantly better in the office, as a work performance measure.
I'm guessing only the geeks among us read beyond the title, bulleted highlights, and conclusion in scientific papers. The media certainly doesn't and it looks like even peer-reviewed journals are skimming, not reading their entries.
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New study shows that despite return-to-office mandates from larger companies, a large portion of Americans who work for small and midsized businesses now live farther from their employers.
A brand new study of move trends among employees of small and mid-size employers—which collectively account for 99% of US companies and 59% of the US workforce—shows the average distance between home and office almost tripled since the start of the pandemic (from 10 miles to 27 miles). The share of employees who live more than 50 miles from their employer mushroomed nearly fivefold.
The biggest shift in distance was among, the highest earners (those making over $250k/year), Millennials, and those hired after the start of the pandemic.
This trend will have far-reaching impacts, both good and bad, on society including housing affordability, downtown and suburban commerce, commercial real estate values, shifting political lines, opportunities for the un- and under-employed, diversity, entrepreneurship, sustainability, transportation options and infrastructure, funding for city services, business travel, and more.
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Drawing on the scientific paper, "The Integrative Role of Sigh in Psychology, Physiology, Pathology, and Neurobiology," Dan Pink shares his favorite stress buster.
If reading a 25-page scientific paper on how a simple sigh can help relieve your stress and anxiety is your kind of fun, Google the title of this post. If it isn't, watch this 3-minute video from Dan Pink. Spoiler alert: two short breaths in, one out.
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Two new studies suggest remote work not only lures more diverse and experienced candidates willing to trade higher pay for flexibility—but that office mandates don't appear to boost financial performance, hurting job satisfaction instead.
The article cites several new large academic studies that 1) debunk the CEO gripes about distributed work reducing productivity and engagement, 2) show that distributed work increases diversity, 3) more powerful CEOs are more likely to issue return-to-office mandates and 4) firms with a prior quarter drop in stock price were more likely to introduce an RTO mandate.
In terms of diversity, a study from Wharton that looked at data from over half a million jobs, found jobs offered as "remote" received 15% more female applicants, 33% more minority applicants, and a 17% increase in applicant experience.
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Here's how some “Best Companies to Work For” create and sustain organizational culture as employees juggle in-office and virtual work.
The article offers four great examples of companies that are doubling down on getting distributed work, working right and reaping the results. Their flexibility initiatives are paired with new practices, new employee resources, and workplace redesign.
Synchrony credits the program for a 35% increase in their applicant pool.
ServiceNow credits flexible work for 90% of its staff for a 44% reduction in turnover, 94% participation in their employee voice survey, and engagement at 81%.
Nationwide credits the changes they have made to support flexibility for fortifying its culture and contributing to honor as a Best Place To Work two years in a row.
AECOM says it's digital-first mindset has help them put well-being at the center of its culture.
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We can start to see, dimly, what the near future of AI looks like.
This is a really interesting article about where AI and large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are headed soon. It's written by a professor from Wharton who is studying how AI will change how we learn and how we work.
He predicts the next iteration will be able to out-innovate many humans and enhance our performance of complex tasks. Google, Microsoft/Open AI, and a few others are adding the ability of their models to hear, speak, see, and create images. These models can now match the performance of experts in diagnosing disease, reading radiology reports, detecting design and production defects, evaluating auto insurance claims, critiquing VC pitches, prioritizing emails, and more.
The author stresses that these models are not perfect, but they are already performing far better than they were just ten months ago.
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But fewer CEOs feel confident of their firm’s fortunes than last year, a KPMG survey shows. More execs also want people back in the office.
A new survey of CEOs conducted by KPMG suggests large employers are still not on board with hybrid or remote work. 64% think employees will be back in the office in three years' time (up from just 34% in 2022).
REALLY? This certainly isn't what I am seeing and hearing. How about you?
Nearly nine in ten say they will use favorable assignments, raises, and promotions as rewards for those who comply.
REALLY? Is that even legal? Leaders may think those incentives are carrots but I would bet the employees who want a hybrid or remote arrangement will see them as sticks.
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A new metric reveals how employees want to configure work and life, a preference that can have a big impact on how they are managed in the new workforce.
Maybe we should ask them rather than assume?
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Remote work advocates have long held that working from home can substantially reduce an employee's carbon footprint. An in-depth study from Cornell University and Microsoft found that may be true, but only if they do so two or more days a week, do not replace their commuter travel with driving for other reasons, and their employer is able to reduce real estate or energy usage.
Desk-sharing among hybrid workers, for example, was shown to reduce a company's carbon footprint by 28%. Under those conditions, the research estimates remote work four or five days a week can reduce an employee's carbon footprint by up to 54%. Less frequent work-from-home can reduce it by up to 29%, but at one day a week, there is almost no savings.
The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, meticulously measured in-office and at-home energy usage. The latter included the carbon footprint associated with home computer equipment—which was found to be negligible. They also looked at extra energy used due to heating, cooling, lighting, and even cooking; and "induced driving"—extra trips to the store, school pickups, social activities, and more.
As companies struggle to quantify their Scope 3 environmental impact, which includes employee travel, they need to understand there isn't necessarily a one-to-one reduction in remote work and an employee's carbon footprint.
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NavigatorCRE is redefining the management and analysis of global real estate portfolios for asset owners & occupiers. With its unmatched user experience, and seamless data integrations, it stands at the forefront of innovation. The platform consolidates disparate systems and data streams, offering a unified, clear view that transcends traditional barriers. This enables robust business intelligence capabilities and ensures comprehensive, actionable insights are readily accessible. NavigatorCRE not only simplifies the decision-making process but also empowers real estate teams to achieve optimized space utilization and substantial cost savings, all through a lens that brings clarity and cohesion to a complex data landscape.
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Eptura™ is a global worktech company that digitally connects people, workplaces, and assets in a unified platform to enable our customers to thrive. In 2023, Eptura’s Workplace Index reports explored the changing work environment in detail, painting a complete picture of the current state and near future of asset and facility management.
Backed by proprietary data and commissioned research, our latest report provides an up-to-date overview of the evolving workplace across four demands — freedom and connection, value creation and cost control, flexibility and certainty, and CO2 targets and costs. Get the Q4 Workplace Index for the latest insights.
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If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact Contact David Karpook or Pat Turnbull for details.
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Lack of faith in societal institutions triggered by economic anxiety, disinformation, mass-class divide, and a failure of leadership brought us to where we are today – deeply polarized.
The trust crisis goes far beyond how managers feel about their workers. The Edelman Trust Barometer, a survey of 32k adults from 28 countries, shows:
- Compared to 2022, trust in business declined in over half of countries surveyed
- Only 40% of respondents trust they will be better off in 5 years (down 10 percentage points from 2022)
- Nearly 90% are worried about losing their job
- Only 48% trust CEOs to "do what is right"
- Respondents want business leaders to step up their game on social issues. They were over six times more likely to say business leaders should be doing more, rather than less, about climate change, income inequality, energy shortages, and healthcare access, and five times more likely to say the same about workforce up-skilling
- Over 70% felt CEOs are obligated to expose questionable science that is used to justify bad policy and/or pull money from platforms that spread misinformation
The trends vary substantially between countries. Download the full report for the details.
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Republicans are more skeptical about WFH productivity than Democrats and independents.
Gallup's latest WFH data shows 42% percent of Republicans believe employees who WFH are less productive than on-site workers, compared with 23% of independents and 13% of Democrats.
Other trends the new data reveals:
- Overall, 73% of U.S. adults think remote workers are just as or more productive than their in-office colleagues.
- The average frequency of WFH, among those who have ever done so, is 1.9 days a week. This represents a 35% decrease from the peak of the pandemic (when the average was 3 days a week), and a 33% increase over the frequency in 2019 (1.5 days a week).
- Of the people who WFH, 63% now do so instead of traveling to an office. rather than working from home after-hours in addition to their in office work
#wfh #remotework #distributedwork #productivity #gallup
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Check out the awesome sessions and activities Workplace Evolutionaries has planned for IFMA's World Workplace in Denver (Sept 25-29)! Download the full schedule here!
Here is a schedule of what WE has planned for IFMA's World Workplace in Denver (Sept 25-29)!
Tuesday's Half-Day Event at Gensler's Denver Office (9/26, 10-2):
WE Converge—an intimate dialog on shaping the future of urban workspaces. This half-day session is free, but seats are limited. Reserve your spot here.
Wednesday's lineup (9/27):
• What's new with WE, a quick overview of all WE has to offer from the WE leadership team
• The Emerging Role of the Chief Workplace Officer with Leni Rivera
• Structured Choice: Creating a Structure for Flexibility with John H. Vivadelli
• ESG By The Numbers with Suki Reilly, MCR.w, SLCR
• WE: What's Next and Close with Kate North and Michelle Weiss
• Fun and Networking at the combined WE/IT/EMEA Social—Reservations required! Advance sign-up required; limited seats. Sign up in advance: https://lnkd.in/gJthFiyD
Thursday's lineup (9/28):
• The Future of Work: Navigating Emerging Technologies and Leveraging Data to Attract Talent with Henry Massey & Kate Lister. Spoiler: There will be an exciting first-ever reveal of the WE Metaverse created just for WE by Elora Partners
• Optimizing the Triple Bottom Line—What promises to be a lively debate about which way the 'where we work' pendulum will swing? Moderated by WE Moshpit co-founder, David Gray, MCR.w
Friday's lineup (9/29)
• The Circular Workplace, a cross-community initiative and case study in practice with Gary Miciunas and Lisa Whited
• Panel Discussion on the Latest Findings from IFMA's Expert Assessment with Jeffrey Saunders, Dr. Marie Puybaraud, Luis R. Viña, Kay Sargent, Peter Ankerstjerne, and WE founder Kate North
Download all the details here.
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The dating app told employees last month they had to work from an office twice a week.
The online dating site, Grindr, gave its workforce the choice of working in the office twice a week or receiving a six month severance package. Around 80 of 178 employees took them up on it.
Workers claim the ultimatum, which came in August, was in retaliation for a unionization attempt in July. Whether it was or was not, the loss of trust almost certainly played a role in the big exodus.
#trust #remote #hybrid #unionization #resignation #turnover
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The greatest contributors to the post-COVID rebound in labor force participation are prime-age women–remarkably, those with young children.
The gender pay and workforce participation gap is at its lowest ever. The research by Brookings identified a surprise bounce back from the start of the pandemic, which initially widened both gaps. While women's participation in the labor force increased across all age brackets, the largest shift was among women with children under the age of five. Though this group's representation in the labor force is still nearly ten percentage points lower than it is for women with older or no children (70.4% vs. 80%), the increase marks the reversal of a decades-long decline.
The study suggests the increase in participation could be due to the increase in flexible work practices, Covid-related fiscal and health policies that made it easier for mothers of young children to have a job, and possibly a reversal of maternity patterns.
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"True, sustainable flexibility is about more than just work location and hours. It encompasses which tasks people do and how they get them done. It’s about making work “fit” people, not the other way around. When organizations center the design of work on humans, values, and long-term success in this way people become productive, resilient, inclusive, and equitable."
The opportunities for employee flexibility go way beyond the where and when of work. The author's specialty in neurodiversity has led her to discover a mindset of "comprehensive flexibility" would benefit not just those with a disability or neurodivergence; it would minimize stress and maximize productivity for everyone regardless of gender, race, caregiving, and socio-economic status.
By "comprehensive flexibility," the author means a broad palette of choice in when, where, how much, how regularly, and how consistently a person works. She offers examples of organizations like Lemon Tree Hotels, Ultranauts, and Siemens that offer flex options such as part-time or seasonal work as well as sabbaticals, job-sharing, variable work days, and job-crafting.
We don't hear much about job-crafting— breaking jobs into smaller chunks and reassembling them in a way that better fits the individual—but we will. Imagine if you could do just the parts of the job you enjoy! And you could do them when, where, and how you wanted.
"It’s about making work “fit” people, not the other way around," says Praslova." When organizations center the design of work on humans, values, and long-term success in this way, they become productive, resilient, inclusive, and equitable."
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Millions of British workers will have more flexibility over where and when they work as the Flexible Working Bill achieves Royal Assent.
Perhaps we should be celebrating over this, but I've watched programs like this play out over many years and, well, I'm not convinced this is the way to move the needle on flexibility. Problem is, I can make whatever flexibility requests I want over and over and my employer can reject them over and over.
Why not start with the assumption that people are entitled to flexibility, particularly if it was proven to work during the pandemic? Then put the onus on employers to prove why they can't flex their time or place of work.
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Space is a valuable asset. With more businesses providing hybrid / flexible working policies, it’s important to understand how best to use a workspace. It’s also critical to ensure any workplace transformation is correctly implemented from the outset. MovePlan works with leadership teams to prepare, equip and support employees to use workspaces effectively and adopt new behaviours efficiently—positively impacting how they use their workspace, service clients and deliver a positive workplace experience for all.
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Welcome to the Workplace Strategy & Leadership Program, Module 1.
09/14/2021
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM WE hub India: The Role of Office Space
So is the office as we know it dead? With a large majority of the workforce expected to work remotely regularly, is the office dead? Or will it have a different role to play? In this talk by workplace strategist Clart Elliott, understand what will be the new role of the office will be and how one must navigate that.
09/15/2021
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM FM-Day 2021 Veränderung leben. Chancen nutzen.
FM.day 2021 der IFMA Chapter Austria und FMA,
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09/16/2021
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM September: Stakeholder Engagement in a Hyper-Connected world
Hosted by Cristina Herrera
Join us as we demystify stakeholder engagement once and for all. As well as explore real ways to co-create and engage your project management communities using human-centric approaches and collaborative technology to save you time, money and the pain of ignoring stakeholder needs.
09/21/2021 - 09/23/2021
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Workplace Strategy & Leadership (WSL) M2-W4: Virtual Workshop Module 2
In this workshop, we will use a case exercise based on a real situation to consolidate learnings. Participants will work in teams to define the change needed, build a Change Program and deliver the program to satisfy the Board of Directors.
10/05/2021
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM WE hub India: The right Tech Tools for Hybrid Work
More details coming soon.
10/12/2021 - 10/14/2021
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Workplace Strategy & Leadership (WSL) M3-W4: Virtual Workshop Module 3
In this workshop, we will use a case exercise based on a real situation to consolidate learnings. Participants will work in teams to build a workplace management plan which identifies: 1. What success looks like. 2. How success is measured. 3. How risks and rewards will be evaluated and managed.