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NoDesk: Issue #406 – NoDesk

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Hand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond.

Filippo Boeri, Riccardo Crescenzi, Davide Rigo | CEPR

Work from home is now a permanent feature of how firms organise production, yet its effects on productivity remain unclear. Using new data covering all remote workers in Italy, this column shows that the COVID-19 pandemic-driven shift to work from home initially reduced productivity, but these losses disappeared as firms adapted.

Julie Thompson | Business.com

Remote work is no longer reserved for employees of large corporations or influencers traveling the globe. The world of work has shifted toward flexible schedules, with many employees seeking a remote or hybrid arrangement.

Anthony Borreli | Binghamton News

Researchers from Binghamton University explore how to boost leadership, teamwork in virtual settings.

Jeffrey R. Smith | HRD Canada

Constructive dismissal: Hybrid, remote arrangements can quietly harden into contract terms — and mismanaging them can be costly.

Shekari Philemon | Rolling Out

Remote work is creating two classes of employees with power imbalance.

Lianne Kolirin | CNN

While workers worldwide ponder how AI might affect their livelihoods – a topic on the agenda at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week – that question is no longer hypothetical in the translation industry.

Dan Koe | future/proof

Everyone is worried about whether or not AI will replace them.

But I can’t help but think that there is something about the human experience that can’t be replaced.

I can’t help but think that humans will still want to work.

Peter Cappelli | Penn Today

mall slights from a manager may seem like no big deal, but new research from Wharton reveals that even the mildest of mistreatment at work can affect more than just employee morale.

Kristen French | Nautilus

They sit alone in a room, expressionless, doing absolutely nothing, giant timers clocking down the hours and minutes. No books, no devices, no food, no distractions, no sleep. It’s a challenge some Gen-Zers are setting for themselves on TikTok—the “Do Nothing” challenge. The idea is to deliberately court boredom to restore depleted attention spans, a salve for the frantic overstimulation of our distracted age. Some of these videos accumulate millions of views.

Katy Austin | BBC

Passengers at Britain’s biggest airport, Heathrow, can leave liquids in containers up to two litres in their bags while going through security, after it finally completed the rollout of new high-tech CT scanners.

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