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9 Best Articles in 2021
McKinsey & Company
McKinsey: These are the skills you will need for the future of workMcKinsey & Company
9 min read · Jun 29th · Research has shown that while the need for manual skills will decline, the demand for technological, social and higher cognitive skills will increase.
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all citizens will benefit from having a set of foundational skills that help them fulfill the following three criteria, no matter the sector in which they work or their occupation:  add value beyond what can be done by automated systems and intelligent machines operate in a digital environment continually adapt to new ways of working and new occupations
We started from four broad skill categories—cognitive, digital, interpersonal, and self-leadership—then identified 13 separate skill groups belonging to those categories.
The Atlantic
Why Managers Fear a Remote-Work FutureThe Atlantic
7 min read · Jul 29th · Like it or not, the way we work has already evolved.
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Remote work makes who does and doesn’t actually do work way more obvious.
It removes the ability to seem productive (by sitting at your desk looking stressed or always being on the phone), and also, crucially, may reveal how many bosses and managers simply don’t contribute to the bottom line
In fact, your position at a company becomes more difficult to justify if all you do is delegate and nag people.
Harvard Business Review
How to Transition Between Work Time and Personal TimeHarvard Business Review
4 min read · 2020-04-09 · Working from home makes it hard to keep them separate.
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First, have a starting work routine. Set up habits that tell yourself it’s time to start work
First, have a starting work routine. Set up habits that tell yourself it’s time to start work.
prioritize your communication based on context. During the hours when you want to focus on the job, try to reduce your personal communication.
Fast Company
5 habits of people who are especially productive working from homeFast Company
4 min read · 2020-06-15 · Effective remote work involves these five habits, which prevent feelings of burnout and isolation.
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Instead, have a reductive mindset, where it becomes second nature to get rid of unnecessary things. “Developing a reductive mindset means you adopt a habit—a reflex, tendency, effortless first inclination—to . . . eliminate, or cut the unnecessary,” says Funt. “We must dismantle the additive instincts most companies and professionals have developed.”
When you feel like you’re drowning in calls, when you tingle from adrenaline, or when your body is craving sugar or email or caffeine or any of the compensatory techniques for rest, take a break.
Ars Technica
Suddenly working at home? We’ve done it for 22 years—and have adviceArs Technica
9 min read · 2020-03-15 · Your productivity, your health, and your sanity: We have your home office covered.
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I'll echo the advice about separating your workspace and taking your exercise regimen out of the house
Plug those in to upgrade your laptop's defaults, which are likely too small and not at all ergonomic
Do you like background noise? Set up an unobtrusive radio feed so that your home office environment doesn't feel overbearingly silen
Quartz
What we learned after one month of operating a hybrid officeQuartz
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Wednesdays and Thursdays are the most popular days to come into the office, and there's no generational divide in who chooses to work from the office vs. home.
Requiring vaccination is a no-brainer and a nontroversy. There's no other responsible way to open an office right now.
What people are calling "hybrid" these days really means "remote."
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Harvard Business Review
How to Brainstorm — RemotelyHarvard Business Review
4 min read · 2020-07-20 · Think outside the (Zoom) box.
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There’s a lot of research showing that the more distant you are from something in time, space, or socially, the more abstractly you think about it. This is called construal-level theory
The danger, though, is that you will stay up in the clouds, failing to come up with specific solutions
hybrid meetings in which some people are present and some are online are generally a horrible experience for those attending remotely.
The New York Times
What If Working From Home Goes on … Forever?The New York Times
20+ min read · 2020-06-10 · Miserable as it can often be, remote work is highly productive — leading many employers to wonder if they’ll ever go back to the office.
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BuzzFeed News
Twitter Will Allow Employees To Work At Home ForeverBuzzFeed News
1 min read · 2020-05-12 · Two months into working from home, Twitter makes it permanent for some.
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The New York Times
Opinion | Remote Work Can Be a Very Bad Way to Start a Career
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‘It’s the biggest open secret out there’: the double lives of white-collar workers with two jobs
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The New York Times
The Worst of Both Worlds: Zooming From the OfficeThe New York Times
8 min read · Nov 16th · Work life for many is in a mushy middle ground, and what’s at stake isn’t just who is getting talked over in meetings. It’s whether flexibility is sustainable, even with all the benefits it confers.
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Hybrid is most definitely tougher than completely in person or completely remote,” Hautop said. “It takes a lot more forethought, and none of us, or anybody else at any company, has figured out exactly how it’s going to work.”
“It’s the American-in-Europe rule,” Bloom said. “When an American is traveling abroad, you look around the room, and everyone is speaking English for your benefit. If there’s one person working from home, everyone in the office dials into the meeting.”
“Imagine people could choose whether they drive on the left side of the road or the right side,” Bloom said. “There’d be accidents all the time. You need coordination.”
WIRED
The 9 Best Office ChairsWIRED
~11 min read · Nov 10th · Upgrade your home office and work in style with these comfy seats.
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Quartz
The next phase of remote work will be even more disruptiveQuartz
4 min read · Oct 28th · Quartz is a guide to the new global economy for people in business who are excited by change. We cover business, economics, markets, finance, technology, science, design, and fashion.
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The New York Times
What Bosses Really Think About the Future of the OfficeThe New York Times
~11 min read · Nov 12th · C.E.O.s are eager for employees to return — and afraid of alienating those who have grown accustomed to working from home.
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Atlassian
How to make work friends when your job is virtualAtlassian
6 min read · Oct 21st · Figuring out how to make genuine work friends when you work from home can be challenging. Here are 7 strategies than can help.
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The Guardian
‘It’s the biggest open secret out there’: the double lives of white-collar workers with two jobsThe Guardian
9 min read · Nov 16th · Remote working has made it easier than ever for staff to moonlight. But how do they cope with clashing meetings and two bosses? And can the rewards be worth the lies?
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TIME
Remote Work Is Fine. The Real Thing Scaring CEOs? Hybrid Work.TIME
9 min read · Nov 15th · (To receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and business decisionmakers, click here.) With a global community of donors who’ve raised over...
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The New York Times
Opinion | Remote Work Can Be a Very Bad Way to Start a CareerThe New York Times
8 min read · Nov 22nd · Unless carefully designed, pandemic office culture risks hurting the least experienced workers in our organizations.
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euronews
Portugal's remote working law is a 'game changer,' but what's changed?euronews
2 min read · Nov 8th · No phone calls after hours, help with internet bills and remote working rights for parents are just some of the changes in a new law approved by Portuguese lawmakers.
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PCMag
Working From Home? Don't Assume Your Manager Trusts You to Do Your JobPCMag
1 min read · Nov 15th · Micromanagement is on the rise, despite companies saving $700 billion thanks to the increase in remote work.
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