Work environments

The open office is the dominant form of workspace design for good reason: It fosters collaboration, promotes learning, and nurtures strong culture. But...

A roundup of the research on organizational politics, race, and gender.

Kondo, the head of a successful consulting business and the author of several best-selling books about tidying, talks about her motto--"Keep only what...

How to figure it out for yourself — and convince your boss.

New research suggests that many companies are failing to give people the tools they need to communicate and collaborate.

Establishing a new normal will require a bit of training.

To promote accountability, productivity, and shared learning, many organizations create open work environments and gather reams of data on how individuals...

I suffer from depression. Several years ago I shared this information with colleagues at work because the secrecy and isolation only further reinforced...

The secret to constructive feedback? It's not about the other person; it's about the effect their behavior had on you. Use this and other pointers to...

A survey by biologist Christoph Randler reveals that morning people are more proactive than evening people. That makes them more likely to succeed, especially...

How they did it - and why.

Three rules from a company that's been fully remote since 2014.

Here's how to avoid dysfunction and maintain integrity.

Four ways to encourage casual conversations in a virtual setting.

Even if you don't plan to change jobs, your job is going to change on you.

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While overt discrimination against women may be on the decline, unconscious bias can be just as limiting.

Step-by-step advice for arriving at an aspirational target.

As flex work becomes the norm, companies need to find new ways to keep people in the loop.

You still have to think about culture.