Hailley Griffis is the Head of Communications & Content at Buffer and the co-host of the podcast MakeWorkWork. Hailley has great insights on both remote work and marketing (specifically PR) that I’ve been reading for a few years. If you haven’t heard of Buffer, it’s a social media management platform with the most unique, open, forward-thinking culture I’ve seen. Hailley joins us today to…
Here are my predictions for the future of the office. 1. When leases runs out, every company will downsize (at the very least). Remember: 77 of the Fortune 100 are hybrid. That’s from our RTO research you can read here. But… Hybrid for three days in the office/week = 40% unused office space Hybrid for two days = 60% unused space Hybrid work is the admission…
I’m joined today by Tim Kempton, a Commercial Real Estate Advisor for CBRE, the biggest commercial real estate services and investment firm in the world. Based in Phoenix, Tim helps tech and startup companies in Arizona find office space. Here are a few things I learned from Tim during the interview. According to CBRE’s Occupier Survey, Tim spotted five trends happening with office space…
What is a 20-hour work week? A 20-hour work week is often structured as five work days with four hours of work per day. An alternative format is to work 6-7 hours per day for three days per week. These are the types of people who work this schedule: 1) part-time employees, 2) freelancers or contractors, or 3) entrepreneurs who own their own businesses. In…
I’m fascinated by the trend toward niche job boards. To me, it mimics the trend toward remote work. We used to work where the work was (near farms, near factories, near cities) With remote work, we can work wherever is best for us personally This is a similar path the job market (or talent acquisition market) is heading down. We used to have to go…
What is a 50-hour work week? The most common 50-hour work week is five work days (Monday-Friday) with 10 hours of work per day (8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.). A common variation is to work fewer hours during the day and add a block of time at night or on a weekend day. The five day, 40-hour work week is the standard. I’ll let you in…
Click on a question below that interests you the most. What does “future of work” mean? What is the future of work? What are employees saying about the future of remote work? Is investing in your employees part of the future of work? What are executives saying about the future of hybrid work? What are the trends about the future of work? Is working from…
The “future of work” is, admittedly, a catch-all term. When people say the phrase, I interpret it as a way to describe trends we’ll see over the coming decades in how goods and services are delivered. When it’s time to sit down to get some work done in 2030 or 2040, what will it be like? I wanted to hear what people thought the future…
We think we always move forward with technology. Often, technology allows us to cycle backward to our original preferences. Think about it: We had hieroglyphs ⇒ then written language ⇒ and we’re back to emojis. Aren’t emojis just digital hieroglyphs? Farming ⇒ factory food ⇒ organic Nomads ⇒ cities ⇒ digital nomads Our technology moves forward to allow our preferences to revert. With that in…