The shift toward greater workplace flexibility and autonomy has brought both benefits and concerns.

One of these challenges is related to collaboration.

How do you foster and promote collaboration among a global team of people with varying cultural and professional backgrounds who frequently [...]

How is it that even though you work remotely in the same organization under the same conditions, culture, policies, and systems, the level of flexibility and freedom that you have is so much different from that of another colleague?

It should come as no surprise that every person has a different e[...]

The industry, the content of the job, the quality of the infrastructure, and the ability to use digital tools, all play a key role in transitioning to a remote working style. This explains why countries have adapted to remote working so differently. Better put, developed countries had a head start in this [...]

The old saying “The world is your oyster” suggests that everything is open to one. You can do anything and go anywhere and, in a way, remote working promises just that. Both employers and employees alike can now extend their searches across regions and cultures which were once unreachable.

The fact t[...]

If someone had asked me a few years ago what my ideal job would look like, I would have answered without hesitation that I would like it to be a mix of working from the office, from a coffee shop and from home. I wished space wasn’t an issue as long as I delivered on time and was productive, because[...]

Chasing goals and workplace stress are part of the “normal” in cultures where the focus is only on winning. As you spend more time in such an environment, your mental health begins to falter.

When chasing goals sows stress, pressure, when it generates conflict, dissatisfaction and fati[...]

Have you ever done something desperate to cling to the past? I have and the key to transformation is learning to let go of those things that no longer work sooner than later. But how do you identify them when you’re so attached?

Through the magic of open-ended questions.

For [...]

They say the biggest risk in a career is not taking any risks. The ever-changing dynamics of the workplace is like a raging river. How many would surf the waves and allow themselves to go with the dangerous currents?

Not many, I’d say.

A small fraction will have the courage to relinqu[...]

When I signed my first employment contracts, stress resistance and willingness to work long hours were explicitly required. At interviews, I was being told that my working schedule is flexible, as long as it was not too different from the team’s or the client’s. So generally, work still took p[...]