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The Four‑Day Week Won’t Happen Overnight, But It Could Transform How We Live And Work
A century ago, the five-day working week helped reshape society. It was introduced at scale by industrial pioneers to address not only worker wellbeing but also economic pressures. US industrialist Henry Ford was among the first to give workers two full days...
The Execution Gap In Workplace Technology
Workplace technology failures are rarely due to inadequate tools. More often, they result from poor implementation or a lack of supporting processes. Gartner puts the failure rate for digital transformation at 70%, a figure barely shifted despite trillions in global...
Study: Skilled Trades Shortages Threaten $1 Trillion Annual Loss
A large shortage of workers to fill millions of skilled trades jobs could result in $1 trillion in economic losses annually, according to new research from JLL. The commercial real estate services company revealed Tuesday that by 2030, an estimated 2.1 million skilled...
You Can’t Be Disconnected At Home And Magically Connected At Work
Here’s the story most leaders carry: I’m different at work. I’m on. I’m focused. Whatever is going on at home stays at home. I understand the appeal. It feels like discipline. Like professionalism. Like exactly the kind of thing a high performer should be able to do....
Solving Common Gig Work HR Challenges For Flexible Workforce
The rise of the independent contractor has fundamentally altered how companies scale their operations, yet many departments are struggling with gig work HR challenges that did not exist a decade ago. As businesses increasingly rely on on-demand talent to fill...
Paying Workers To Come In — Instead Of Mandating RTO
Employees at Superhuman, which offers AI assistant apps including Grammarly, dug in their heels when a two-day in-office mandate was introduced last April. It was met with "negative energy and sentiment," chief people officer Kenny Mendes told Business Insider. So,...
The Future Of Engineering Is Hybrid
The future of engineering will not be defined by AI alone. It will be defined by how humans and AI work together. AI is a human-created technology. It becomes valuable when paired with domain knowledge, judgment and accountability. Humans with AI can do more than AI...
Social Security Benefit Reduction Worries Are Rattling Workers And Retirees
Nearly 71 million Americans rely on Social Security for monthly income, and a growing number now fear benefits could be reduced, the SSA confirmed. EBRI's 2026 Retirement Confidence Survey found that about four in five workers and seven in 10 retirees are concerned...
