Burners Turn Earners : Turning Unused Real Estate Spaces into Workspaces
When Malcolm Porter bought and renovated a Downtown Berkeley office building to create a studio for his ad agency, he realized the space was considerably huge. Rather tha...
Why Office Interior Should Be Tailored To Suit the Employee Personalities
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, business sections of newspapers and magazines described the intrinsic work arrangements of Silicon Valley with quenchless curiosity and...
Three Essential Steps to Build a Culture of Learning at Work
Steve Jobs did not found Pixar. It is common knowledge, Jobs never expected Pixar to be an animation industry leader when he bought the computer division from George Luca...
It Has Been A Very Strange Year At Uber
Companies today are going by the ‘bleed now, make money later’ business model like Amazon.com did in the 00’s. What’s shocking is that some of these companies hav...
India is beating US at Paid Maternity Leave
In India, less than 30% of women work and the deficit costs the country an estimated 2.5 percentage points of gross domestic product per year. Last year, the Upper House ...
LiveSmart: A Simple, Paperless Employee Health Platform for Lifestyle and Health Management
In 2002, PepsiCo introduced two initiatives for their employees under the Healthy Living wellness initiatives. One program was focused on overall lifestyle and health man...
Mental Disorders Affect 1 in 8 Working Americans. On this World Health Day Encourage Better Employee Health
About two months ago, Harvey Reed knew things had changed when he realized he was almost entirely alone at work. He worked in a large organization, surrounded by clever, ...
66% of Adults with Autism are Unemployed. Who is to blame?
Nearly 66 percent of adults with autism are unemployed. A vast majority of autistic individuals cannot get a job – and when they do, bullying in the professional space ...
Are We Silent Bystanders To Sexual Harassment At Work?
In recent weeks, the commentary regarding active and passive gender inclusion has embittered the very definition of sexism and sexual harassment at the workplace. Men obj...
Managers, Please Stop Interrupting Your Employees
Ask yourself: where do you really want to go when you really need to get something done? Typically, you get three kinds of answers. One is a kind of a place, so you’ll ...
How to Successfully Negotiate a 50% Pay Raise
In the summer 2014, Dakota Adams, then 26, decided she wanted to move on from her job for a number of reasons. One, she felt she was undervalued and underappreciated. Two...
2 Reasons It’s A Good Idea To Participate in Wellness Programs
Exercise is a word most people despise. It constantly reminds them how physically weak they are. Another reason that there aren’t any constant changes. It takes lots an...
How To Be Taken Seriously At Work When You Look Young
Working with colleagues who’re older or more experienced than you are the ‘new kid’ on the team. You’ll be seen as less experienced, and no one will ever take you...
Every Pet-loving Company Should Have a Pets at Work Policy
Studies have shown that allowing pets in the workplace can lower stress levels, break the ice and increase job satisfaction. But, before you start allowing employees to b...
Job Search Company Werk Wants To Smash The Glass Ceiling with Feminism and Workplace Flexibility
Our society in general places too much value on public work, i.e. being employed, contributing to the economy, etc., and little value on private work, which is being the ...
Can a country like the U.S. afford to have shorter workdays?
In 2016, the Swedish city of Gothenburg began trials for a corn-flake capitalism experiment. The government coalition proposed a year-long trial that would divide municip...
