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When It’s Time to Pivot, What’s Your Story? (HBR)

When It’s Time to Pivot, What’s Your Story? (HBR)

Research shows that new ventures that reinvent their businesses—even multiple times—cut their chances of failure by conserving resources while continuing to learn more about customers, business partners, and new technologies. But pivots can incur a penalty if they’re not correctly managed. The companies that are likely to endure will be those that nimbly adapt—and can effectively get stakeholders on board with change. Learn about a sequence of stratagems critical to establishing and maintaining stakeholder support during major reboots.

Our Work-from-Anywhere Future (HBR)

Our Work-from-Anywhere Future (HBR)

The pandemic has hastened a rise in remote working for knowledge-based organizations. This has notable benefits: Companies can save on real estate costs, hire and utilize talent globally, mitigate immigration issues, and experience productivity gains, while workers can enjoy geographic flexibility. At the same time, concerns include how to communicate across time zones, share knowledge that isn’t yet codified, socialize virtually and prevent professional isolation, protect client data, and avoid slacking. Research into work-from-anywhere (WFA) organizations and groups that include the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Tata Consultancy Services, and GitLab (the world’s largest all-remote company) highlights best practices and can help leaders decide whether remote work is right for their organizations.

Microsoft Analyzed Data On Its Newly Remote Workforce (from HBR)

Microsoft Analyzed Data On Its Newly Remote Workforce (from HBR)

Is work today permanently different from what it was before Covid-19 and the work-from-home shift? We don’t know yet, but the data can give us ongoing, real-time information that we can use to influence what happens next. Microsoft believes that what we learn about these changes will be key to organizational resiliency in the months and years to come.

Why Remote Work Is So Hard—and How It Can Be Fixed (The New Yorker)

Why Remote Work Is So Hard—and How It Can Be Fixed (The New Yorker)

As we enter the uncertain second phase of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s unclear when, or whether, knowledge workers will return to their offices. The question is: can we finally solve the long-standing problems that have thwarted remote office work?

4 things your company can do now to be ready for the future of work (Fast Company)

4 things your company can do now to be ready for the future of work (Fast Company)

Companies that are quickly moving away from business as usual and adopting new practices to attract, engage, and retain their workforce are coming out on top. As we begin to think about what the workplace of the future looks like, here are four things that should stick.

Great Storytelling Connects Employees to Their Work (HBR)

Great Storytelling Connects Employees to Their Work (HBR)

What kind of storytelling is relevant and most effective during times of flux, upheaval and uncertainty? How can companies make teams feel empowered, positive, connected… so they can continue to give customers the quality interactions they’ve come to expect? When so much has changed and templates for how we do business are being redefined daily, great storytelling connects employees to their work. In every organization where there is a strong sense of moral motivation, leaders are always storytellers. So, it’s worth figuring out how to make an impact doing this well, and training our communications, marketing and sales teams to have alignment here. The stories we tell ourselves and each other will shape the way companies fare in the coming weeks and months, especially during the pandemic. How will your company do?

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