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Why It’s Time to Retire the Term “Hybrid Work”

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The word “hybrid” gets used a lot relative to workplace strategy, but it may be time to retire the term. . It’s like the term collaboration from a few years ago,” describes Joseph White , director of design strategy of MillerKnoll. Flexibility in place design .

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What Happens When You Literally Cannot Understand Your Coworkers?

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While there are big advantages to this diversity, it also introduces unique challenges created by communication gaps that influence whether or not different generations can successfully collaborate with one another. cities, a survey of over 1,000 participants was conducted. Do coworkers understand each other?

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U.S. Workforce Clashes with Persistent Ageism

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Recent findings from a survey published by iHire have shed light on a pressing issue in the U.S. job market: Ageism. The survey, which polled 1,495 U.S. Data shows how older generations of Americans are pushing back their retirement, some are even returning to the workforce. The survey also found that 45.5%

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Examining The Global Impact Of The Gig Economy Explosion

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Using online website traffic data, surveys across 17 countries and other methods, the World Bank found that developed countries hold the majority of the world’s large percentage of gig workers. However, the study cites the presence of a considerable wage gap felt by women in many regions.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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It’s a welcoming space for women entrepreneurs, one where collaboration, consensus and diversity rule. Other reasons included “not [being] ready to retire” and the loss of their previous job. And the pool of millennial small-business owners is growing—just last year, they made up only 7% of the survey sample.

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The Recent Flurry of Gig Economy Studies

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Want Your Business to Thrive - Cultivate Your External Talent : The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Success Factors teamed up for study, which surveyed independent workers, managers who hire independent works and HR employees.  How Well Are Independent Workers Prepared for Retirement?:    2.

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How Sensory Design Can Create Efficient Workplaces

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According to a survey from March 2022, almost 50% of workplace leaders already require or will require employees to return to full-time in-person work within the year. In the 90s and early 2000s, workplaces shifted away from “cube farms” toward the more collaborative layout of open-plan desking, with limited collaborative spaces.