The Great Resignation appears to be a direct manifestation of a remote and hybrid first economy and is a change in how employees and workers now look at work in general; starting with “why should I work for you”
Remote Work acts as a junction for women who are educated and willing but unable to work owing to unjust cultural and social structures.
Intelligence is often described as the ability to hold two opposing views in the mind and still continue to function.
It requires balance.
Balance is brutally difficult. Take for example, the push and pull between employer and employee expectations. The Great Resignation. Quiet Quitting. Quiet Firing.
Can there be a middle ground?
Countless advantages have emerged for employers, employees and for society but the last of these hasn’t received enough discussion. Let’s look at the impact on society, starting with the positive impact of Hybrid work on climate change and carbon footprint.
Flexible employment models and open talent pools encourage upgrading from conventional organizational structures to dynamic networks. Enterprise use of these models is not very new. But with a well designed remote and hybrid work structure, we will see a swift increase in flexible deployment.
As Gen Z begins to steadily represent a considerable percentage of the workforce, here’s a first person account of what she looks for in employers.
With the permanency of Remote and Hybrid work models concretely established, it is important to now separate them from the context in which they arose (i.e. the Pandemic).
The conversation about the ‘new normal’ is gaining momentum each day. It is now being dubbed the ‘new struggle’ and rightly so. We have been adding our thoughts to this movement for over a year now. Leading online news outlet captures some of our ideas and statements in their latest piece about this agenda.
Necessity is the mother of invention – a proverb which can be traced back to the dialogue ‘Republic’ where Plato wrote “our need will be the real creator.” Some ‘necessities’ take longer to reach mass consciousness.
Remote and Hybrid work has become a regular part of our lives. But they tend to have a slightly negative impact on our movement. Taking mindful breaks can lessen that impact.
We sat down for a comprehensive discussion with the leading news outlet, Mid-day and talked about the relevance and solution to the ‘Consulting Conundrum’ in reference to remote and hybrid work. Also highlighted the massive role of technology in fixing this conundrum.
With a paradigm shift from conventional working methods to a ‘new normal’ where work now is looked at with a more flexible and blended approach, a generational gap in thought processes is more than evident. We imagine a conversation between a father and his son where they talk about their professional life and what it was and is about.