It is increasingly clear that the pandemic has reset the workplace. In September 2020, just about a year ago, surveys told us that over 70% of employees preferred a hybrid arrangement.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a critical turning point in modern history, and it will forever be known for the numerous humanitarian issues it presented. It is also an event that has thrown the modern...

Dr. Paul Kalanidhi's soul-stirring book, "When breath becomes air," catalogs his reflections on life and death as he tragically battled advanced lung cancer.

After more than a year, now that I was vaccinated and there was a partial opening up of restaurants, I finally went to a restaurant to have dinner. About 10 feet away, there was a family of four,...

Before COVId-19 hit her, Natasha was the kind of person who would leave your head spinning with just the number of things she was involved in! Natasha is a young, vibrant individual- has a master's...

I am sure you may all be reading recent surveys about working from home with some alarm. On the one hand, more and more people want to maintain the hybrid or virtual arrangement to have the flexibi...

Remote. Hybrid.

Janice was an Olympian. She represented Canada in rowing at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

I am worried. Recent (WSJ, 21st March 2021) surveys show a 16% drop in engagement among employees working from home, and over 50% of all surveyed mention that they will be looking for new jobs.

A few days ago, Citigroup CEO made headlines by declaring that there would be no more Zoom meetings on Fridays. Her reasoning: give employees' a break and 'combat the zoom fatigue that many felt.

Of the many stories that my colleague, Tina Drozdz, and I have shared on our research of how people from ordinary walks of life have experienced the pandemic, Susan's story perhaps is the most...

Most of us have relied on digital technology over the last many years to get our work done. However, while technology made our work easier- much of our work still happened face-to-face in an office...

Not long ago, in a food processing plant in Iowa, workers were falling like flies after contracting COVID. The US government had classified them as essential workers, and so they had no choice but to...

Julie is an executive in a major organization based in a mid-western city in the USA. She works in the environment, health, and safety and is considered an expert.

I am pleased to announce that I, along with Prof. Hitendra Wadhwa, one of the most popular business school professors at Columbia, will be offering a Columbia Business School program on Virtual...

Now that we have hit the year mark on the pandemic, we are starting to count the numbers. Much attention has been given to the psychological (Well-being, work-life balance) and the socio-psychologi...

Laurie is a doctor of internal medicine based in Chicago. She worked at a major hospital in Chicago's southside for over three years when the pandemic hit the city hard.

Depending on which part of the world you live in, it is about a year, if not more, since the Coronavirus redefined the workspace. Overnight, millions shifted to working from home.

A few days ago, a young lady I know showed me her organization's many 'perks' launched recently to ensure employee well-being. I was impressed.

We have all been chasing the magic potion to solve the work-life balance problem for decades. Several initiatives and changes have ensued: paternity leave, Working from Home (full-time or Hybrid),...