Unfortunately, I wasn't surprised by the news that Utah state lawmakers recently voted to override the Governor's veto of a bill requiring state agencies to be open Monday through Friday, effectively ending Utah's three-year 4/10 compressed workweek initiative. In fact, I saw it coming.READ»
Everywhere I turn, articles, conversations, and presentations reaffirm my belief that we need to move past the intergenerational finger-pointing and harness the good, albeit different, approaches to work and life that the Millennial generation offers.READ»
As we brace for the second wave snowstorm bearing down on the East Coast, I’m remembering an experience I had a few years ago at a major pharmaceutical company widely recognized for their work+life strategy. As I presented a ...READ»
(For the kick-off explanation of the “Work+Life in 5 Days” Series, and for the first part of Day 1—What is Work+Life Fit? go to my Work+Life Fit blog) About three months after the worst part of the recession hit, I spoke to a ...READ»
When you develop and implement work+life flexibility strategies that help businesses operate and individuals manage their work+life fit, you run into many often baffling false beliefs. Since the start of the recession, two of ...READ»
Last year an economic bomb detonated and laid to waste the rules and institutions that have guided our decisions related to work, life and business for generations. Shell-shocked and disoriented, we’re starting to emerge ...READ»
In my last blog post, I highlighted the different family configurations
between men and women working in high-technology – namely, 82% of technical women
report that their partner works full time, compared to 37% of technical ...READ»
What will a post-crash, truly 21st-century world look like? For people thinking about global systems (economic, environmental, and social) one idea stands out: resilience.
Resilience means the capacity of an ...READ»
When I started blogging about flexibility as an alternative to layoffs, my primary focus was to encourage companies to “consider” how reduced schedules, job sharing, shifting hours, sabbaticals/furloughs, and project-based ...READ»
Is it better to have your hours reduced, or lose your job? According to a recent article in The New York Times, more workers are having their hours involuntarily reduced during the current economic “correction” than in the ...READ»
In the last month, I’ve blogged twice about how a difficult business environment can halt all innovation related to workplace flexibility. Today’s release of the annual When Work Works report entitled “2008 Guide to Bold New ...READ»
Meditation? Yes, you read that right. In the future, I predict that meditation will be a core competency not only for successfully managing your work+life fit, but for innovation in the workplace. Why? Because meditation is ...READ»
