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Leaders Offering Hybrid Work Should Practice What They Preach
When the Covid-19 pandemic forced us to close our offices in March 2020, I always assumed it would be temporary. Despite having a relatively small 40-person team at that time, our San Francisco office was a collaborative haven - a place I could consistently go for...
Rising Food and Fuel Costs Making Gig Work Unsustainable
Workers in India, Argentina, and South Africa say that they are struggling to make ends meet. In March, ride-hailing driver Charles Mayati joined hundreds of other South African drivers in a three-day strike. In Durban and Johannesburg, drivers logged off the...
Massachusetts Court Shuts Down Gig Work Ballot Measure
The top court in Massachusetts blocked a ballot question Tuesday to continue classifying Uber and Lyft drivers as independent contractors, bringing an abrupt end to what was shaping up to be the most fraught and expensive ballot battle in the state. The...
3 Principles of People-First Leadership
As a result of the last two years, one of the silver linings has been a greater emphasis on people throughout all aspects of life. From emergency rooms, classrooms and boardrooms to individual households, stores, venues and workplaces, the health and...
Steve Jobs Used the Power of Encouragement to Achieve What Others Thought Impossible
Steve Jobs was pissed. After just one day in his pocket, the screen on his iPhone prototype was scratched and chipped. Plastic clearly wasn't the answer, so Jobs called Corning Glass CEO Wendell Weeks to ask about using glass. Weeks...
Four Productivity Tech Essentials for Remote Workers
Over the past two and a half years, more and more people have made a permanent switch to remote work. Part of that was out of necessity, as the Covid-19 pandemic made working in close proximity to others a dangerous undertaking. But it also represented a trend that...
Future of Work: New Ways of Leading & Innovating
Hello, and welcome to Washington Post Live. I’m Danielle Abril, tech at work writer for The Washington Post. Today we have two segments on the future of work, so I encourage you to stick around. First, Ellyn Shook, Accenture’s chief leadership and human resource...
How Western Union Uses Gig-economy Tech to be More Like a Bank
Marqeta is bringing its experience in powering the technology behind gig-economy giants to Western Union, which can use the partnership to create a more cohesive menu of online services in Europe. Marqeta will integrate its card-issuing technology with Western Union's...
