by Jason Lauritsen | Apr 22, 2021 | Workplace
I don’t know about you, but I feel like I’ve spent a lot of time trying to make sense of things over the last year. So many things changed so quickly. It was disorienting. Very little has felt certain or settled. And maybe the one thing that has felt the most...
by Jason Lauritsen | Apr 2, 2021 | Management, Workplace
There’s a lot of talk about employee well-being right now. Apparently, suffering through a global pandemic is enough to finally get us thinking about our well-being more seriously. The consequences of a lack of well-being have been laid bare over the last year. But...
by Jason Lauritsen | Aug 21, 2020 | Workplace
A lot has changed over the past several months at work. This virus showed up and lit the status quo on fire. A majority of office workers now work from home. And we’ve been scrambling ever since. The most intense disruption has been felt in jobs and work that once...
by Jason Lauritsen | May 13, 2020 | Workplace
As I’ve talked to leaders and managers over the past weeks, the two biggest issues on their minds have been supporting remote work and the “return to the office” plan. The general feeling I get from most I talk to is that they believe remote working...
by Jason Lauritsen | Feb 5, 2020 | Workplace
Today is my birthday. As a kid, birthdays feel like such a big deal. Everyone seems to know it’s your birthday. There are parties and gifts. They even make it a big deal at school. Everyone seems to be nicer to you on your birthday. There’s also the...
by Jason Lauritsen | Oct 4, 2019 | Workplace
Over the past few years, it is becoming more common and popular to talk about being human at work. We talk about designing work to work for humans. We invite people to bring their “whole selves” to work. There are even disciplines like wellbeing that are focused on...