by Christian Herbst | Apr 12, 2022 | New Ways of Working
The skills necessary for workforces to thrive will be different and broader after the Covid-19 pandemic. Here some changes that may take place. In order to deal with the new working environment, businesses need to analyze how they can maximize the productivity of the...
by Christian Herbst | Apr 12, 2022 | New Ways of Working
Business uncertainty created by the Covid-19 pandemic is on the scale of the two world wars. Well over two years from the discovery of the virus, it still has a profound impact on companies. The ways in which businesses have managed their workforces have changed due...
by Christian Herbst | Apr 5, 2022 | New Ways of Working
A time when staying at a physical office 40 hours a week or even longer to impress the boss seems even hard to imagine now. Staying in an office chair just to look dedicated, no matter how unproductive is a problematic long known. It can cost the economy a lot of...
by Christian Herbst | Apr 5, 2022 | New Ways of Working
The pandemic has transformed working practices, and many of the changes will be long-lasting. Some of them include working from home, having more time with the family, or having more flexible working hours. However, this also means that we can literally work any time...
by Christian Herbst | Apr 5, 2022 | New Ways of Working, Parents at Work
Researchers from Northwestern University published a study that shows that the Covid-19 pandemic has a great impact on gender equality both during and after the downtime. They state that usually “regular” recessions affect mainly men’s employment, since male-dominated...
by Christian Herbst | Apr 5, 2022 | New Ways of Working
Employees around the world are in need of policies that support mental and emotional health amid the pandemic. Remote work increased the working hours worldwide and people are closer to burnouts than ever before. As a response, several companies have introduced extra...
by Christian Herbst | Apr 1, 2022 | Project Management
This approach from project management was implemented as a technique to scale individual Scrum teams at company level. In this approach, each product line has its own Scrum of Scrums, and some products may even contain multiple Scrums of Scrums. The Scrum of Scrums...
by Christian Herbst | Apr 1, 2022 | New Ways of Working
It is well-documented that similarity breeds connection. Candidates who look, act and sound different to recruiters are at an immediate disadvantage. This kind of decision-making can cut qualified candidates out of the running. Hiring involves more than just...
by Christian Herbst | Mar 29, 2022 | Parents at Work
For years, parents have been calling for more autonomy to decide where and when they work. Parents want to construct their working week around opportunities to care for their children. When people were sent home to do their jobs in March 2020 many of those requests...
