David Wyld
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Professor, Consultant, Doer. Founder/Publisher of The IDEA Publishing (http://www.theideapublishing.com/) & Modern Business Press (http://www.modernbusinesspress.com)
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The WFH Series: Addressing the Productivity Concerns Associated with Remote Work
Will workers be more productive working from home? That today is literally foremost among the biggest unknowns for managers everywhere, with really no easy or confirmable answer to that question at this point in time. Research into the productivity question during the pandemic has seemed to indicate that despite us being shifted to working from home abruptly and that the shift brought on an “imperfect experiment “ in working remotely, overall, workers in the United States at least seem to be able to be as productive, if not moreso, in the remote/WFH (work from home) environment as in the traditional office setting. Similar research from around the world conducted during the pandemic seems to indicate improved productivity similar to that found in the US. The real outlier in the studies was one done by Morikawa in Japan. His research indicated that Japanese workers saw significant - almost 40% - lower productivity when working from the home environment (of course, the average Japanese home is far smaller and more “efficient'' than the typical American abode). [1]
By David Wyld4 years ago in Journal
The WFH Series: Addressing the Tech and Security Concerns of Remote Work
Certainly, one of the most critical issues involved with remote working - and one that most assuredly keeps CIO’s (Chief Information Officers) and other information technology executives in the private and public sectors up late at night worried about - is the whole issue of data security. And when talking about a governmental entity, the information security issues and concerns rise to a whole new level of complexity and importance over that found in most private sector environments. While data security, privacy, and hacking concerns about remote working are indeed important, and definitely do need to be addressed both upfront and on an ongoing basis, such issues can and must be managed proactively and aggressively in today’s working environment.
By David Wyld4 years ago in Journal
The WFH Series: The Implications of the Looming Demise of the “Commuter Industrial Complex”
In some ways, the consequences of the increases to come in remote working and hybrid work arrangements on a more permanent basis read almost like the children’s favorite, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. That is because if less workers are working regularly in offices, then organizations - the government included - will need less office space. And if there is less demand for office space, rents will go down. And if rents go down, that is good news for the renting organization (including the government), because they will be spending less on offices - with rent really only being the starting point of these expenditures (including utilities, maintenance, insurance, etc.). However, all of this is bad news - very bad news - for owners of the office space, who will see less revenue and more vacancies. And with less revenue and more vacancies, the value of the buildings holding the office space will go down. And if the value of the commercial buildings goes down, then the local governments who depend on property taxes will see less revenue. And with counties and cities seeing less revenue from property taxes, they will have to either raise taxes elsewhere or cut services to citizens.
By David Wyld4 years ago in Journal
The WFH Series: Redesigning and Rethinking the Office of the Future
For this management professor and consultant, one of the more fascinating aspects of the move to the “next normal” in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic will be the changing nature of the office, both in function and in form. Certainly, during the course of the pandemic, employers and landlords were forced to largely improvise to make buildings “safer” for workers (instituting measures such as one-way walkways, eliminating desk and chairs for social distancing, providing lots of hand sanitizer, etc.). Many experts believe that having become accustomed to such measures, and out of both an abundance of caution and some trepidation, many of the temporary measures instituted over the past year may well be kept well into the future in offices and commercial buildings.
By David Wyld4 years ago in Journal
Who Are the Most and Least Ethical Companies in America Today?
Introduction There is no more important factor in a company’s reputation than the perception that it is an ethical company. And that perception - both from an individual consumer’s perception and across wider society - can be changed in an instant. One bad customer interaction. One bad social media post. One indictment of an executive. One exposé on the evening news about a questionable company practice. These days, a company’s reputation when it comes to the ethics of its people, its practices, its standing - is literally on the line each and every day.
By David Wyld4 years ago in Journal
Which Companies in America Have the Best - and Worst - Growth Prospects Today?
Introduction In this day and age, perception is everything. Whether we are talking about entertainment, the media, politics, or yes, marketing, how the public perceives you and what you are offering is the most important thing today. You can be viewed as a “hot” commodity - as an entertainer, a politician, a social influencer, or a company and its brands. On the flip side, you can be looked upon as something less than “hot” - a “has been” or even a “never was.” In other words, in the minds of the collective public, people, products, and even companies can be seen as being on the move forward, or alternatively, falling backward.
By David Wyld4 years ago in Journal
An Olympic Management Lesson for Us All
Second place. Third prize. Making the finals, but not placing. Too often, our media calls out those who excel, but come up short. Our culture can turn excellence into mediocrity, even inferiority. Think about it. We regard the loser of the Super Bowl as a loser, not the runner up of the entire National Football League - the top football league on the planet. The same can be said for almost any individual or team that finishes second - or even lower - in any competition, any tournament, any league - anything. Winners win. Everyone else, well...
By David Wyld4 years ago in Journal
College Tuition: The Next Employee Benefit?
Talk about a “game changer!” Walmart has made headlines by announcing that the retail giant will now offer all of its approximately 1.5 million employees - part-time and full-time workers from the front lines to the top of the organization - the ability to go to college for free!
By David Wyld4 years ago in Education
Unhappiness on the Job: The Pandemic Variant That's Spreading Like...Well COVID
Introduction: The New Normal of Work All is back to normal - at least, sort of. We’re going back to work. We’re eating out again. We’re traveling again. We’re going back to sporting events, concerts, and more. And soon, the kids will be going back to school. There’s every reason to believe that the COVID-19 pandemic is (mostly) behind us and that life, as we knew it back in the “glory days” of 2019, is fast returning to the way things were before the pandemic - just with the threat of that “Delta Variant” that we see so much about today that has the potential to derail the progress we have seen through the mass vaccination campaign in the United States (well, at least in the “Blue States”).
By David Wyld4 years ago in Journal
Solving the Paradox of Teamwork in Today's College Classroom
As a “seasoned” business professor who teaches junior and senior-level undergraduates and graduate students, as well as MBA students, one thing is for certain at the beginning of the semester. Whether the class is being taught in a classroom or online or a hybrid of both, students that advanced in their college years are savvy customers. However, they are not like a “Black Friday” shopper looking for “deals” on the syllabus - like that giant screen smart TV for $299…
By David Wyld5 years ago in Education
Part 11: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - The Food and Drink File
Overview As an overview, this article is part of a series (Overview: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - Introduction to the Article Series), exploring what excuses college students have offered to explain an absence, a missed exam, a paper or project being late, etc. All of these excuses have been collected from this author’s contemporaries - professors and instructors at colleges and universities all across America. As such, it is a “crowdsourced” piece, and I owe them my gratitude for sharing their “best” excuses - which in reality means the “worst” - from their students over the years that provided the basis for this article series. And in all of these articles, each of which deals with a different “origin area” for student excuses, from health to tech to social to pets and more, we not only see excuses that make us laugh, but we also see some that could make you cry, as there are also stories of students who “went the extra mile” and persevered over the unique obstacles they might have faced in their lives to succeed in school (A complete list of the articles in the series with links to them is provided at the end of this article.)
By David Wyld5 years ago in Education
Part 17: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - The Inspirational Stories File
Overview As an overview, this article is part of a series (Overview: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - Introduction to the Article Series), exploring what excuses college students have offered to explain an absence, a missed exam, a paper or project being late, etc. All of these excuses have been collected from this author’s contemporaries - professors and instructors at colleges and universities all across America. As such, it is a “crowdsourced” piece, and I owe them my gratitude for sharing their “best” excuses - which in reality means the “worst” - from their students over the years that provided the basis for this article series. And in all of these articles, each of which deals with a different “origin area” for student excuses, from health to tech to social to pets and more, we not only see excuses that make us laugh, but we also see some that could make you cry, as there are also stories of students who “went the extra mile” and persevered over the unique obstacles they might have faced in their lives to succeed in school (A complete list of the articles in the series with links to them is provided at the end of this article.)
By David Wyld5 years ago in Education
