Mariesa Coughanour - April 6, 2020 - 9 views

Disruption is nothing new to the tech world. We’re used to discovering new ways of using technology to solve problems. But even with our love for challenging the status quo, COVID-19 has disrupted the business world in ways many of us never anticipated. With most of the world unexpectedly working and studying from home (or […]

Brian Williams - April 3, 2020 - 105 views

COVID-19 is upending life as we know it. The potential effect of this viral disease on mortality and public health, as well as the lasting socioeconomic impact of the crisis, is unfathomable. To mitigate the wide-scale impact of this growing pandemic, our hopes are trained on a vaccine, prophylactic or curative, and the life sciences […]

Raja Renganathan - April 2, 2020 - 255 views

For years, proponents have urged businesses to better enable employees to work from home, citing benefits like increased productivity, less commute time, better work-life balance and enhanced preparedness for business continuity should a localized disaster strike, such as a tornado, hurricane, earthquake, flood, etc. Overnight, the COVID-19 global pandemic made the final argument for work-from-home, […]

The global response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and local social distancing efforts has sent massive supply- and demand-side shocks to retailers, automakers, healthcare companies, and travel and hospitality purveyors. No sector is immune. In fact, banks are already feeling the downstream impact and bracing for longer-term consequences. In our discussions with banks and diversified […]

Rajaram Radhakrishnan - March 24, 2020 - 581 views

The show must go on: Even as COVID-19 inflicts a new, jolting reality on business operations worldwide, this has become the new charge for COOs and CIOs everywhere. In my conversations over the past few weeks with manufacturing clients, I’ve learned a lot about how businesses are coping with the sudden onset of change and […]

Gary Meyer - March 20, 2020 - 365 views

In Singapore, public health officials publish online the locations of the residence, workplace and places recently visited by each newly confirmed coronavirus patient so that other citizens can take appropriate action to protect themselves and their loved ones. In Taiwan, health insurance and immigration agencies combined the 14-day travel histories of local and foreign residents […]

Ben Pring - March 20, 2020 - 3333 views

The coronavirus is changing our lives before our very eyes. How and where we work may be among the biggest disruptions. If you’re dealing with the disorientation of suddenly having to work from home, and are not quite sure what’s hit you, here are a few tips from someone who’s been doing it, happily and […]

Ben Pring - March 17, 2020 - 531 views

Unless you’ve been totally off the grid, you’ve probably noticed the world is consumed with the topic of coronavirus. As of this writing, I am well thank [insert name of your personal deity here] and have felt no ill effects (thank you for asking) as I’ve traveled from Boston to Austin to Boston to London to […]

Ashish Shreni - March 4, 2020 - 611 views

Sometimes it takes a nudge to make a deadline feel real. The mortgage industry got a reminder of the work ahead of it when Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac recently announced they’ll stop accepting adjustable-rate mortgages (ARM) tied to the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) by the end of 2020. That’s a full year ahead […]

Laurie Ehrlich - March 2, 2020 - 348 views

In the months that I’ve been back at work as a nursing mom, I’ve seen quite a few designated lactation spaces in different companies’ offices.  While every room included a chair, a table near the chair and a lock on the door, most of them felt like the individuals creating the space had little appreciation […]