There are significant benefits from working in a physical office environment, including participation in live observation and training, mentorship opportunities, and being able to pick up on non-verbal cues often missed online. However, the costs of realizing these benefits cannot be paid solely by employees in the form of longer commutes and shifting work-life balances. To reduce resistance to this significant change, businesses should consider implementing these best practices to facilitate the innovative, collaborative office culture they desire.

From students using ChatGPT to concerns of an emerging AI stock bubble to a computerized voice greeting you to take your order at Taco Bell, we can’t seem to get away from artificial intelligence (AI). Engineers grow weary of unrealistic expectations, consumers fondly remember when they could reach an actual human being, and business owners and employees feel left behind if their models aren’t delivering results.

We shouldn’t fear or be disillusioned by something we don’t fully understand. To that end, this article helps to understand and reset expectations around AI’s capabilities and limitations.

Your employee, late on Friday afternoon, abruptly informs you they’re leaving the company and starting a new position elsewhere on Monday morning. Or worse, they just stopped coming to the office and let you know when you contacted them. They didn’t talk to anyone about their plans, and now a million questions come racing into your mind all at once, everything from “why are you leaving?” to “what were your key functions?” to “who can temporarily take this employee’s place?”

Learn how to better prepare yourself and your organization through these best practices.

The effort of companies to attract the best candidates in the most economical way possible has had the unforeseen consequence of making the hiring and recruiting process excruciatingly inefficient for both HR departments and prospective candidates. While each step to hiring expediency and automation made sense, they also created new challenges that uncovered significant fundamental weaknesses in the system and ultimately to sub-optimal hiring decisions overall. Learn about these challenges and opportunities for both employers and prospective candidates to improve the likelihood of success in finding a good match.