Idea posted: March 2026

Institutions: Harvard Business School; Harvard University   

For decades, the prevailing trend in corporate architecture has been a ‘war on walls’, characterised by the removal of cubicles and private offices in favour of open, ‘unbounded’ workspaces. The…

Idea posted: September 2025

Institutions: HEC (Haute Études Commerciales) Paris    Korn Ferry Institute   

Business leaders often articulate a corporate purpose to define strategic direction and inspire employee commitment beyond just financial gains. Examples include Veolia’s pledge for “ecological transformation” and Stanley Black &…

Idea posted: November 2024

Institutions: University of Chicago Booth School of Business; University of Essex, Department of Economics   

Having discovered the benefits of working from home (WFH) during the COVID-19 pandemic, notably the improvement in work-life balance, many employees are reluctant to return to the office full-time. One…

Idea posted: October 2024

Institutions: Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Aalto University School of Science; Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland   

The well-documented “virtual meeting fatigue” the tiredness one feels after virtual meetings has been attributed to exhaustion arising from the multiple physical and psychological demands of such meetings. These physical…

Idea posted: April 2024

Institutions: University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business   

As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to recede, should companies that had let employees work from home during the pandemic call them back to the office? Many managers…

Idea posted: September 2023

Institutions: Temple University Fox School of Business and Management    SWK Technologies   

With many companies facing increased challenges in attracting and keeping employees, employee engagement and commitment has become even more vital to organizational success than ever before. Recent research has emphasized…

Idea posted: August 2023

Institutions: York University    University of Birmingham    University of Kent   

The global pandemic left companies with no choice except for essential professions, where employees had to work from home. Abrupt and comprehensive, the workplace disruption caused by COVID-19 left managers…

Idea posted: May 2023

Institutions: London School of Economics   

In November 2020, the advocacy group Women in Banking and Finance launched a four-year research program, entitled Accelerating Change Together, to address gender and diversity issues in the financial and…

Idea posted: March 2022

Institutions: London School of Economics    University of Edinburgh    Copenhagen Business School   

Effective communication among members of a team or organization is key to the success of a group. Fast and direct face-to-face communication would appear to be the ideal method of…