Workplace Insight

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The 2024 State of the Global Workplace report by Gallup sets out to provide a comprehensive analysis of employee experiences worldwide, revealing a large number of people who feel they are under increasing strain. Despite living in an era of remarkable technological and economic advancements, workers face significant challenges, with stress, disengagement, and declining mental health prominent in people’s daily working life.

Customer Service 105

Customer Service Reporting Legal Influencing 105

Office Snapshots

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Sony Music Publishing sought to create a modern, collaborative, and inspiring workspace for its Amsterdam office, so they reached out to Woodalls to bring this vision to life. The goal was to create an environment that would reflect the creative energy of the music industry while providing a functional, comfortable setting for employees. Woodalls designed the space to emphasize openness and flexibility, enhancing natural light and views of Amsterdam.

Creativity 105

Creativity Flexibility Flexibility 105

Workplace Insight

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Bath-based workplace design firm Interaction is inviting dog owners across the UK to nominate their canine colleagues and share a photo of their pets at work. The aim of the competition to find Britain’s best office dog is to highlight the important role that dogs play in workplace wellbeing. In the UK, households bought 3.2 million pets during lockdown – that’s a lot of new dogs for employees to consider.

Creativity 59

Creativity 59

Office Snapshots

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The new office for Holborn’s Minneapolis team was a long time coming. Having made due with very simple office resources for years the team in Minneapolis was growing and wanted a new home. The new office was designed to support how they work and how they want to engage clients around social spaces and private spaces. The meeting areas and entertainment space for clients are off the reception area.

Insurance 98

Insurance Construction 98

Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC

Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult

Leadership

McKensey

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Healthcare organizations are well positioned to offer healthcare content to improve consumer experience and care outcomes, achieve marketing objectives, and create a diversified revenue source.

Healthcare 126

Healthcare 126

Office Snapshots

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Embodying the essence of the brand, the design creates a space for the heart of Accor Asia Pacific to be celebrated. The project goes beyond traditional design boundaries, captivating the space in a holistic and immersive manner, whilst creating an atmosphere filled with anticipation and excitement. The dynamic interplay of curves, angles, and patterns infuses the environment with rhythm and vitality.

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fm:systems

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Learn how you can use data analytics to empower energy management by transforming raw energy usage data into actionable insights.

Learning 105

Learning 105

McKensey

DECEMBER 3, 2024

To realize gen AI’s full value, insurance leaders must know how it works and what problems it can—and cannot—solve. Likewise, data and context are vital to innovating solutions for changing demands.

Insurance 92

Insurance Problem-Solving Planning 92

Great Place to Work

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Our community of experts and business leaders share the books you need to grow your leadership skills. Need help finding the perfect gift for anyone looking to grow their career or improve their workplace? Our community of workplace experts and culture leaders have created a reading list of books that make the perfect gift for a family member or work colleague.

Mentoring 85

Mentoring Consulting Influencing Communication 85

McKensey

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you’re looking for a quick win.

Problem-Solving 87

Problem-Solving 87

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Decision Making

Robertson Cooper

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Our blog explores the business case for resilience. Learn why resilience should be a central part of your wellbeing strategy.

Learning 52

Learning 52

Business Psych Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In this RAW 2024 session, we set out the findings of a decade of research into Risk Type, share with you techniques that maximise decision making performance. Our emphasis is on risk instinct and the important advantages of its inherent diversity, whether between individuals, or amongst contributors to team or organisational decision making – and also, concerns about AI overwhelming these efforts to maximise human potential for informed, accountable, risk aware decision making.

Decision Making 130

Decision Making Consulting 130

Success

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Holiday gift giving is intended as a ritual to build and strengthen relationships, but it can have a dark side. Research that included surveys out of the United Kingdom and Norway indicated that many people associate Christmas with indulgence and overspending. Financial hardship was associated with borrowing money before Christmas, which could lead to more financial problems after the season ended.

Purchasing 119

Purchasing Controlling Communication Planning 119

Work Life

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Let’s start with an exercise. For 60 seconds, look away from your computer (or any screen) and gaze out the window or at a fixed spot in your office. Take the full 60 seconds, then return. How was that minute for you? Where did your mind go? What did you think about or notice? Did you observe the trees rustling outside? Perhaps you noticed a bird flying by or heard a truck driving down your street.

Networking 76

Networking Controlling Computer Planning 76

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

Technology

Success

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Everyone deserves a gift they get to keep all to themselves. But gifts the entire family can enjoy are always a hit. Anything that brings a family closer and gives them quality time together will be their favorite gift of the year. A solo stove firepit to make backyard memories There is nothing quite like gathering around a warm fire in the backyard on a cool night.

Supplies 102

Supplies Problem-Solving Food Learning 102

Work Life

DECEMBER 3, 2024

An alarming 82% of workers feeling at risk for burnout this year, according to a Mercer study. And it’s clear that this phenomenon is more than an issue of exhaustion. Burnout usually involves the crippling burden of the “shoulds” and “supposed to’s” that dictate how we live and work. Burnout, as I define it , is the feeling of getting the same result repeatedly with no agency to fix it.

Prioritization 75

Prioritization Mentoring Creativity Learning 75

Success

DECEMBER 3, 2024

My boys played with a drone in elementary school. When I saw the inexpensive toy nosedive in the backyard, I didn’t think their drone operating skills should be curated further. Fast forward to 2024, and ZipRecruiter states that the average annual pay for a drone pilot in the United States is $130,916 annually. A high salary for someone who doesn’t need an advanced education or to pass a challenging exam.

Real Estate 98

Real Estate Construction Salary Technology 98

Work Life

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In recent years, businesses have made promises to address the scourge of workplace stress. Unfortunately, in the big picture, those efforts don’t yet seem to be making much of a difference. Work stress remains at a record high, Gallup reported earlier this year. The Voice of the Workplace Report from Calm had similar findings, with 69% of employees in a range of industries saying their mental health has either stayed the same or worsened over the previous year.

Sales 75

Sales Reporting Training 75

Great Place to Work

DECEMBER 3, 2024

New research shows that culture plays a crucial role in whether employees feel lonely at work, and how those feelings impact bottom line business results. One in five employees worldwide is lonely at work, per Gallup. And you might not know who those employees are in your organization. “One of the things that people are getting wrong is they think it’s rare to be lonely at work,” says Constance Noonan Hadley, associate professor at Boston University Questrom School of Business and the founder of

Problem-Solving 69

Problem-Solving Healthcare Prioritization Networking 69

Work Life

DECEMBER 3, 2024

U.S. job openings increased solidly in October while layoffs dropped by the most in 1-1/2 years, suggesting the labor market continued to slow in an orderly fashion. But the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS report, from the Labor Department on Tuesday also showed employers hesitant to hire more workers. The historically low level of layoffs is anchoring the labor market and the broader economy through higher wages that are driving consumer spending.

Manufacturing 75

Manufacturing Banking Construction Payroll 75

Workplace Insight

DECEMBER 3, 2024

A new poll from the the CIPD suggests that many UK employers believe young people aren’t ‘job-ready’ and lack important workplace skills, with a fall in earning and learning opportunities cited as a key reason. The new report, Changing Face of the Youth Labour Market , claims to uncover a number of worrying insights into employers’ perceptions of young workers and their readiness for working life.

Government 52

Government Problem-Solving Teamwork Reporting 52

Mad in America

DECEMBER 3, 2024

W e’ve all heard it before: Smoking is bad for you. It’s a bad choice. It’s an addiction. Society has been hammering this message home for decades. But what if the story is more complicated? What if smoking isn’t just about addiction or comfort, but about something deeper—something rooted in how trauma reshapes the brain? Research into Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) has uncovered startling connections between trauma and long-term health behaviors.

Problem-Solving 110

Problem-Solving Cleaning Training Controlling 110

Workplace Insight

DECEMBER 3, 2024

There are so many different theories on how to lead change. Tom Peters says we should not discuss change but organisational revolution (Peters,1991); Chris Argyris talks about change management as flawed advice (Argyris, 1985); Kotter puts forward a top down change transformation process (Kotter, 1995); Beer, Eisnestat and Spectors, discuss a bottom-up process (Eisnestat and Spectors, 1990) and that is just to name a few ways of looking at this aspect of leadership.

Leadership 52

Leadership Supplies 52

Work Life

DECEMBER 3, 2024

“Second place is the first loser.” We’ve all been in that situation where we competed hard to win, only to come up short. At times like these, it can be tough to remain focused on your achievements and instead dwell on the feeling of having lost. For me, that moment came when I was nominated as a finalist for Young Entrepreneur of the Year—and I came in second place.

Leadership 75

Leadership Transportation Prioritization Networking 75