Many of us assumed that by now, years into the pandemic, we''d have settled on new structures, practices, and processes for hybrid work. But we haven''t. Instead most companies are stuck in a transitional phase, where little is resolved. Why is it taking us so long to work this out? Because, the author writes, the new world of hybrid work isn''t simply about determining whether everybody should come back full-time to the office. .....more

The debate about the best way to lead has been raging for years: Should you empower your people and get out of their way, or take charge and push them to do great work? The answer, say the authors, is to do both. Their research shows that effective leaders routinely shift between these two seemingly opposing modes-and build teams whose members are good at switching back and forth too. Sometimes teams need divergent thinking (during idea generation, .....more

Many workers today are stuck in low-paying jobs, unable to advance simply because they don''t have a bachelor''s degree. At the same time, many companies are desperate for workers and not meeting the diversity goals that could help them perform better while also reducing social and economic inequality. All these problems could be alleviated, the authors say, if employers focused on job candidates'' skills instead of their degree .....more

China''s companies have long been acclaimed for their manufacturing prowess and, more recently, for their pragmatic approach to innovation. Now it''s time to recognize how they are reinventing the role of management through an approach the authors call "digitally enhanced directed autonomy," or DEDA. These companies use digital platforms to give frontline employees direct access to shared corporate resources and capabilities, .....more

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In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe, Apple and Google partnered to develop a contact tracing application that would collect information about users infected with the disease and notify those who they had been in contact with. While Apple/Google''s app would keep information about infection and contact private, some governments wanted more access. Apple and Google refused to provide this information, sparking a debate over .....more

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