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Sarah Green Carmichael

Zoom’s dilemma is that its own growth has stalled. It has had to spend money just to retain market share.

Zoom’s in-office policy actually shows the power of hybrid work

“EVEN Zoom Is Making People Return to the Office.” “End of an Era: Zoom Tells Employees to Return to Office for Work.” “The Remote-Work Revolution Is Officially Dead.”

The version of a CEO on display like Andi Owen in her viral rant clip fits perfectly into post-pandemic worker anxiety: do our bosses think we're whiners?

What if we all work for a ‘Pity City’ boss?

“YOU can visit Pity City, but you can’t live there,” is pretty good advice in the context of, say, a one-on-one mentoring meeting with a promising-but-entitled young employee who’s just suffered a set...

One 2022 meta-analysis found that in people with symptoms of depression, a digital break mitigated their symptoms, but that otherwise, there was no consistent impact on detoxers’ behavior, mood or performance.
LIFE & CULTURE

Digital detox is a fantasy

Most of us can’t truly break free from our devices. But we can make more time for offline fun. By Sarah Green Carmichael

When meetings run back-to-back, employees have little time to prepare or to follow up; the value of getting together is wasted. 

Always racing to meetings? It’s slowing you down

The start of a new year is a good time to examine assumptions and habits. That seems to be behind the “calendar purge” with which Shopify greeted 2023.

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