June 22, 2021
Winning the war for talent in the post-pandemic world
The Future Forum, a consortium launched by Slack Technologies, Inc., has released a new study that unpacks how 15 months of pandemic work has shifted employee expectations. (more…)

UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona,
Barcelona
28 June 2026
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Intelligence by Design: Why AI Needs Better Places to Work - MillerKnoll Insight Series,
Online
07 July 2026
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Design for the Good of Humankind with MillerKnoll,
Denver
09 July 2026
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Worktech Chicago - EXPLORE THE FUTURE OF WORK AND THE WORKPLACE,
Chicago
16 July 2026
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Worktech Seattle - EXPLORE THE FUTURE OF WORK AND THE WORKPLACE,
Seattle
21 July 2026
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IFMA Global Africa - Facility management conference,
Accra, Ghana
12 August 2026
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The Ubuntu Workplace - MillerKnoll Insight Series,
Online
19 August 2026
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Transdisciplinary Workplace Research Conference 2026 (TWR),
Zurich
02 September 2026
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June 22, 2021
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Working lives
The Future Forum, a consortium launched by Slack Technologies, Inc., has released a new study that unpacks how 15 months of pandemic work has shifted employee expectations. (more…)
June 17, 2021
by Jayne Smith • News, Wellbeing, Working lives
As COVID-19 continues to limit our daily lives, forcing the Government to extend social restrictions into July, restrictions of a different kind are taking their toll on working women, and may be even longer-lasting, according to research from 87 percent. (more…)
June 14, 2021
by Neil Franklin • News, Wellbeing
A new report from the RSA and Vitality warns of the potentially serious impact on the long-term physical and mental health of employees. The authors claim that the ‘long lockdown effect’ should lead employers to see health and wellbeing as important strategic issues and place them on the company’s risk registers. With the shift to more flexible working cultures now set to continue, Healthy Hybrid, a Blueprint for Business, claims to shine a light on the health impact of successive lockdowns on homeworkers. (more…)
June 11, 2021
by Jayne Smith • News, Wellbeing, Working lives
New research by Gartner Inc, which surveyed more than 20,000 employees between January 2020 and March 2021, claims that COVID-19 has negatively impacted the health of 55 percent of the global workforce. (more…)
May 28, 2021
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Working culture
Mobile access company Kisi has released their annual study examining which cities around the world promote the most holistic work-life balance. With the goal of enhancing an individual’s personal and professional life through technological innovation, Kisi has endeavored to find out which coveted metropolises worldwide are meeting their residents’ lifestyle demands to make their city a more attractive place overall to work and live. (more…)
May 25, 2021
by Richard Gregory • Comment, Technology
When the global pandemic struck last year, many companies were forced to close offices and enable employees to work remotely – bringing forward their digital transformation roadmap by a good few year. A year on, and while it seems that the Covid-19 restrictions are reducing, there is unlikely to be a complete shift back to the office. Instead, most companies are now planning to adopt a hybrid work model; with employees working a mix of in-office or remotely. (more…)
May 7, 2021
by Jayne Smith • Business, News, Working culture
Increasing pressure from investors, customers and employees are causing CEOs to focus their businesses on purpose, resilience and long-term sustainability, according to a new report from the Reward & Employee Benefits Association (REBA) and Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB). The report, ‘People risk – why the need for change is urgent‘ claims a shift in business focus away from short term gains in favour of emphasising long term value creation as one way of managing people risk. (more…)
April 28, 2021
by Jayne Smith • Business, News, Wellbeing
April 13, 2021
by Steven Buck • Comment, Wellbeing
Glint’s latest insights report shows that there is a worrying increase in employees experiencing challenges with their mental health, with burnout risk trending upwards year-over-year. That spiked in late March 2020 and climbed by nearly 4 percent between August and December 2020. That’s not a big surprise, given the first challenging months of the global pandemic. Paradoxically, employees say that despite feeling burnt-out, they also feel happier at work at the end of a year of lockdown than they did at the start. Is this some sort of contradiction—or evidence of something very encouraging about the state of HR? (more…)
June 16, 2021
We need to rethink the role of technology in corporate wellbeing
by Brendan Street • Comment, Technology, Wellbeing