Nick South believes the issue of proximity bias is a particular worry for those organisations looking to make progress on diversity, equity and inclusion.
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How flat should organisational structures be?
One notable result of Google’s annual ‘Googlegeist’ employee survey was a second consecutive year of negative feelings regarding hierarchy and bureaucracy, with just 46 per cent responding positively.
Bureaucracy busting – keep it simple
Business executives have a responsibility to prevent bureaucratic creep in their organisations, and that flattening their structures is the perfect way to do just that.
Google learned the hard way why hierarchical structure is important
Saerom (Ronnie) Lee, Assistant Professor of Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, argues countless examples of flat structures failing highlight the need for hierarchical structures in business.
“Nothing we’re experiencing today is actually new”
Many of the interfaces claiming to be part of the metaverse are actually far from it, and are unlikely to revolutionise the way we work any time soon, according to Professor Bob Stone.
What do we mean by the metaverse?
Peter Schwartz, Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning at Salesforce, feels that to a certain extent, we are already living and working in a metaverse, just one without the headsets.
The metaverse and its future role in the workplace
With COVID-19 accelerating many businesses’ digital transitions, and since Mark Zuckerberg’s commitment to spend $10 billion a year over the next decade on the metaverse, interest in this area has skyrocketed.
“Design something that will allow employees to flourish”
Robert Bolton, Partner and Head of the Global People & Change Centre of Excellence for KPMG, argues that the pandemic has altered work to such an extent that businesses need to experiment with their HR practices to truly allow their employees to flourish.
We have seen a power shift from employers to employees
Julia Lamm, Global Workforce Strategy Leader and Principal at PwC United States, feels that, among other areas, the pandemic has highlighted the importance of meaningful work and career paths for the new employee experience.
The post-pandemic Employee Experience
The February edition of The Loop examines the new employee experience (EX) that has emerged as we move into 2022 and beyond the pandemic.