Can’t believe in the Year of our Lord 2025 we’re still having the debate about whether or not forcing employees back into the office with a strict return-to-office mandate is a good idea, but here we are.
Read MoreWhat’s being described as a “conservative zeitgeist” isn’t what it seems. As usual, people are over-reading the election results, calling it a shift in the national mood. It is, but not for the reasons you think.
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Quiet quitting is turning into outright rebellion.
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Here we are, more than three years into the return to office (RTO) debates. Some leaders are determined to bring their people back into the office, even in the face of employee defiance. (Google “RTO rebellion” for a sense of how this is going.)
Read MoreThis week has been another of many reminders in recent years that our brains have not been built to manage the influx of information that the internet provides. From the standpoint of history, the experience of having real-time updates about every terrible thing happening in the world is very new.
Read MoreIs there a better way to signal importance to a business than appointing a C-Suite head of something? Maybe not.
Recent ideas about appointing chief ESG officers gave me flashbacks to conversations ten years ago about the need for chief digital officers — and reminded me of recent appointments to chief remote officers.
Read MoreDealBook reports this morning that Walmart and other major employers are starting a heavy push toward requiring vaccines for their employees—just not the ones on the front lines, who are most likely to be unvaccinated. The article cites fears over the tight labor market and negotiations with unions as potential suspects for the half measures, but I suspect a more nefarious motive hides just underneath the surface: the fear of “politicizing” the workplace.
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