• Employers Offering Permanent Remote Work Options Nearly Double Since Pandemic Start
    Employers Offering Permanent Remote Work Options Nearly Double Since Pandemic Start

    Employers changing remote work policies increase to 38%, according to our survey.

  • Looking Beyond the Water Cooler
    Looking Beyond the Water Cooler

    There is no substitute to person-to-person bonding. But there are ways to address the same needs in a new way – or at least to bring more humanity into our online interactions.

  • “How Do I Prevent and Resolve Workplace Clashes?”
    This 4 min. read saves you up to 5 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from one getAbstract summary (one book with a total of 224 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 265 minutes (about 5 hours). Learn more.
    “How Do I Prevent and Resolve Workplace Clashes?”

    Yes, conflicts also occur at the fully digitized remote workplace – sometimes even more often and more severe. Here is how to deal with them.

  • “Turn That Damn Thing Off!”
    Photo: Ivan Samkov on Pexels
    This 5 min. read saves you up to 131 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 25 getAbstract summaries (22 books with a total of 6536 pages and 2 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 7839 minutes (about 131 hours). Learn more.
    “Turn That Damn Thing Off!”

    With comprehensive home office, team chat solutions have led your colleagues straight into your living room – sometimes even worse. How do you put them outside the door again and get the necessary recreation time?

  • “How Do I Hire (and Onboard) People Without Meeting Them in Person?”
    This 6 min. read saves you up to 53 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 14 getAbstract summaries (10 books with a total of 2623 pages and 4 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 3142 minutes (about 53 hours). Learn more.
    “How Do I Hire (and Onboard) People Without Meeting Them in Person?”

    A world with fewer office jobs is not a world with fewer jobs.

  • Design Your New Normal
    This 6 min. read saves you up to 63 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 15 getAbstract summaries (11 books with a total of 3138 pages, one article and 2 videos) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 3760 minutes (about 63 hours). Learn more.
    Design Your New Normal

    Now is the time to evaluate what you have learned under the extraordinary pressure of the last weeks – and use that knowledge to influence the future of your organisation.

  • “Performance Reviews: How Do I Give the Right Feedback in the Current Exceptional Situation?”
    Performance reviews: Make a directional decision - or at least cause one. There are in fact more than only two ways to proceed. / Photo: Jon Tyson at Unsplash
    This 5 min. read saves you up to 32 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 8 getAbstract summaries (6 books with a total of 1572 pages and 2 articles) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1882 minutes (about 32 hours). Learn more.
    “Performance Reviews: How Do I Give the Right Feedback in the Current Exceptional Situation?”

    You have three options.

  • Ain’t Nobody Here
    You want your employees to feel comfortable on their first day back in the office? Well, here, consider to go in with dumpsters, crowbars and chainsaws.
    This 4 min. read saves you up to 48 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 11 getAbstract summaries (9 books with a total of 2384 pages, one article and one video) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2857 minutes (about 48 hours). Learn more.
    Ain’t Nobody Here

    Currently, many offices are empty. This will soon change. Did your organization use the time to bring the place up to date? Did you, as a leader, realize long-cherished office dreams or at least make…

  • Half of US Workers Have Become Home Office Converts
    Half of US Workers Have Become Home Office Converts

    After weeks of being confined to their home offices, how do US office workers feel about going back to a traditional work setting? getAbstract has conducted a survey to find out – and its results…

  • The Future of Remote Work Is Here
    The Future of Remote Work Is Here

    Retaining flexible workplace practices in the post-pandemic era