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• Collaboration tech evolves for the post-COVID future

  Effective collaboration in the hybrid workplace requires that all employees be connected, engaged, and able to participate on an equal footing.

• Why open-plan offices are a disaster for businesses

  The best thing employers can do for happy, loyal, and productive staff is to let them work when and where they want — the worst thing: an open-plan office.

• Why workforce management faces a daunting post-COVID world

  Before the pandemic, workforce and human capital management software and services were mainly used to track employee attendance and work.

• After the shift to remote work, new hope for a four-day work week

  The five-day, 40-hour work week has been the standard for more than 100 years. But now new talk exists that a four-day work week makes more sense.

• JLL exec sees no return to pre-COVID work routines, but a 4-day work week

  JLL says new views on flexible work and a re-evaluation of what employees want will reshape commercial real estate and redefine what "office" means.

• In a hybrid world, office downsizings are coming

  Companies that have embraced the hybrid workplace are looking for less office space and more flexible facilities to accommodate employees.

• As companies unfurl future-of-work plans, speed bumps remain

  As organisations explore office re-openings, deciding which way to turn could mean the difference between employee attrition or improved productivity.

• 6 ways the pandemic has triggered long-term security changes

  With some changes prompted by COVID-19 likely to be permanent, enterprises will need to revise their data security strategies.