The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced hybrid work as the new normal. The past nearly three years have served as an experiment in testing the efficacy of working from home vs. working from the office and the findings are that in a post-COVID world, flexibility is the future. Different people feel at their most productive state in different environments and companies are increasingly realising the value of the hybrid work model. However, this doesn’t mean that there aren’t any challenges to come with it. To keep the same levels of productivity, organisations have been on the lookout for the best ways to optimise workflows in a working-from-home environment. We explore some of them below.
This would be Estée Lauder's largest acquisition to date. Estée Lauder believes the acquisition would "unlock new opportunities", whilst Ford said this is the ideal home for his brand. He will remain in his current position as Creative Director until at least 2023, the two companies announced. American designer Tom Ford, who started his brand […]
"We thank you for being a part of our story, and hope to meet again", says the Made website, after the company announced its closure. Although Made struggled to secure a buyer, Next agreed to buy its brand name, website and intellectual property for £3.4m. However, it is not going to buy the remaining stock. […]
Following the official $44bn takeover of Twitter, Musk said the move was "essential to defeat spam/scam". Currently, the blue tick symbol which appears next to a user's name is free. It is received after a short online application form and is reserved for high-profile users like celebrities and politicians. "Power to the people! Blue for […]
Best read for: Overcoming Adversity Leader Awakened Samreen McGregor £12.99/$17.95, Rethink Press The world we live in today presents unavoidable and at times unprecedented challenges and adversities. The hidden impact of these events can often have a damaging impact on leaders, both as individuals and on their ability to lead effectively. Samreen McGregor believes adversity […]
Business leaders today can learn a lot from Winston Churchill and after a few turbulent years with the global pandemic and a looming recession we need to take heed from Churchill's qualities and lessons.
Fast forward to 2022 and sustainability is now a major corporate decision-making driver, fuelling growth through investments, innovation and acquisitions. International governments are responding to the urgency of our climate challenge, seen through global collaboration, including setting out climate action targets in the Paris Agreement. What was previously deemed a ‘nice to have’ in the […]
One of Britain’s most respected international business leaders, Sir Bob Reid has a history of steering disparate large organisations through challenging times by drawing on universal principles about people, power, and profit that he had absorbed in his youth and expatriate years.
As a talent management specialist, a head-hunter for international organisations, and an executive coach, I come across countless exceptionally senior and highly skilled, accomplished people who suffer with imposter syndrome or the fear they’ll be “found out.” People who doubt their abilities to the point they sometimes feel they don’t deserve to have the senior […]
Tell us the story of FatCat Studios. I did a lot of job-hopping after graduating from UMBC with a Bachelor’s in Design because I have a natural desire to work on a variety of projects. As I received calls from every company I left requesting that I do freelance work for them, the idea of […]
Alphabet, Google’s holding company and Microsoft have seen a sharp drop in profits over the three-month period. Alphabet announced a sale increase of just 6%, to $69bn – marking the company’s weakest quarterly growth in nearly 10 years apart from the start of the pandemic. Meanwhile, Microsoft said demand for its computers and other technology […]
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