The viability of work from home has been proved beyond doubt, but the challenge lies in how best employees are adjusting to the new normal. If a recent Harvard Business Review article is to be believed, remote workers usually suffer from the fear of being left out. The onus hence lies with the companies to […]
Technology is many things to many people. While often blamed for breakdown in inter- personal contact, it has the opposite impact in the work sphere. Not only has it broken down geographical barriers, it has allowed for better cohesion amongst a diverse stakeholder group. It has enabled a kind of flexibility and collaboration that has […]
It is a known fact that office workers spend more than 75% of their time sitting at their desk, thereby leading to a relatively sedentary lifestyle. What is also a fact is that there are multiple studies out there that have shown that sitting for too long can cause serious health issues, including a higher […]
Today, we live in a world where our phones have apps that can complete our sentences, give us directions, manage money, and so on and so forth. We could go on, but, let’s just say there are very few things we cannot do at a click of a button, or in this case with a […]
As companies focus more on about how employees work and what they need to be effective, the concept of agile organisation is emerging as the new dominant organisation paradigm. Companies from startups and online businesses to world-class organizations such as Google and Deloitte have started employing the ideas of agile, where employees can complete work […]
Consider this, a firm contracts an employee from an IT company to work on a project. After completion of the project, the contract employee publishes the code written for the project on a public platform online. This is not a hypothetical scenario, but something that has actually happened. Another instance is that of Chinese intelligence […]
Rapid advances in technology have disrupted many organizations across the globe – especially commercial real estate. It’s not surprising, Commercial real estate firms have been known to be lagging when it comes to embracing technology, urbanization, and social changes. Real estate firms need to be a catalyst for change, influencing organizations to invest in business infrastructure, […]
How will smart cities and smart buildings impact commercial real estate? Vestian brought together government and transit leaders, corporate real estate end users, top legal minds, and industry veterans with Smart Cities experts Melanie Nutter and Brenna Berman to discuss this exciting and evolving topic. Melanie opened the discussion by describing the potential environmental benefits of […]
The ever-evolving job market and workforce demographics are making it a challenge for employers to find the right employment strategy. A 2016 survey by Gallup indicated that worldwide, only 13% of employees are engaged in the organization that they work for. Employee engagement has become integral to organizations as there exists a direct correlation between […]
