Teleworking went on high gear in 2020 as many businesses were forced to make staff work from home due to shelter-in-place orders and travel restrictions. A year later, over half of employees want to retain the setup or at least keep the option of working remotely for 25 percent of the time. But 40 percent […]
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Could Machine Learning Improve Work-Life Balance in the Future of Architecture?
For many architects, working nights and weekends is part of the job, especially when project deadlines loom. According to the 2018 Equity in Architecture report, 70% of architects surveyed don’t feel empowered to ask employers for work-life balance benefits, such as working remotely and flexible hours. But in the future of architecture, automation and machine learning (ML) […]
Money is Not the Only Measure of Success
I am sure you heard of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs that motivate our behavior, in which Abraham Maslow laid out a human’s needs—from the physiological, to safety, then love and belonging, on to esteem and finally self-actualization. A little too esoteric for you? Let’s make it more personal. So, where are you in that hierarchy? Let’s […]
Battling Burnout: How the World’s Hardest Workers Achieve Work-Life Balance
As technology has improved over the last decade, more people are finding that the traditional boundaries reserved typically for the workplace are eroding. We’re answering emails at home, taking calls that pull us away from family, and checking documents and communications before bed. As such, work-life balance and burnout have become hot topics in recent […]
How to Boost Work-Life Integration and Increase Employee Productivity
In recent years, work-life balance has morphed into a modern business mantra. However, separating personal from professional life is becoming much harder due to the growing influence of new technology in our everyday lives. That’s why there is need to talk about work-life integration. But what is work-life integration? Simply put, work-life integration is an […]
Work/Life Balance in 2018
As a small business owner the hours in the day never seem to be enough. There is constant rushing from one place to another, packing in as many meetings as possible. When something breaks you fix it, when someone is out sick you cover it. Pretty soon it seems as though work has taken over […]
Personal Equals Professional: We Are One
One of the downsides of our digitally driven lives is that the dotted line is no more. What I mean by that is that you used to be able to artificially draw a dotted line in between your personal life and your professional life and to a great extent, you could control whether something would […]
Business for Life Not Life for Business
We talk about work-life balance, in general terms, but here’s one simple thought that should always be there in the background: Your business exists to make your life better. Not vice-versa. Don’t sacrifice your life to make your business better. I got a lot of play on Twitter recently with this simple idea. And this post […]
5 Tips on Work-Life Balance for “Homepreneurs”
As a home-based entrepreneur you must be familiar with the envious musing of your friends, “You’re so lucky to be working from home! I wish I could too!” If only they knew. Balancing domestic responsibilities and a professional enterprise is no easy feat; even the most organized entrepreneurs find it difficult to manage both work […]
Is Work and Life Balance Possible?
Is there really a routine we can develop that will devote enough time to our work and family? The discussion involving what you can do to stay organized and learn balance has a wide range of answers and changes week to week. There is a range of factors that weigh in for each individual and balance […]
