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EricKnudsen
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Re: Taxonomy with Benchmark lookup
Partners should have access to the master sheet of the spreadsheet form of the taxonomy. The rightmost column in that document lists all the benchmarks for each item. If that field is unavailable indk their current view of the spreadsheet, that should be changing soon -- we are soon expanding partner access to a broader set of taxonomy information.84Views0likes2CommentsWork Trend Index (April 2023) Special Report Discussion
I hope you were able to join the Microsoft Viva Summit and spot various insights through the keynote and breakout sessions that highlight the importance of engagement and productivity as conditions which drive business success! In parallel with this event, a new Work Trend Index Special Report was published. After both of these moments, I'm feeling super inspired by the impact we can have on our businesses by focusing on our people first. What about these insights jumped out at or inspired you today?Research: Hybrid workers struggle more than remote workers to feel connected to others
Last summer, research by my team (analytics & research for Viva People Science) found that employees working in hybrid contexts actually felt less connected to colleagues compared to both full-time remote and office workers. Specifically, employees with hybrid work arrangements were 52% more likely than on-site workers and 40% more likely than remote workers to indicate they felt disconnected from colleagues over the past year. At first blush, it is common to think of hybrid work as falling "between" remote and office work in terms of proximity and connection to colleagues. In fact, it appears hybrid is a distinct experience which presents a new set of challenges. If I remotely join a hybrid meeting, I am perhaps hyper-aware that I am not present with my colleagues, some of whom are sitting together in a conference room. If I am in the conference room, my attention is now split between a screen displaying virtual attendees, and other colleagues in the room. These scenarios contrast with fully-remote or fully-onsite workplace wherein everyone is on equal, virtual or face-to-face footing. The idea that "remoteness" is a continuum in a hybrid world is perhaps one of the most widespread misconceptions in today's new world of work! With this in mind, we must build meeting and collaboration solutions that account for the unique characteristics of each work arrangement, rather than treat these experiences as gradations of one another. I'd love to hear your reactions, thoughts, and hypotheses about how this might be playing out in your own organizations! See the full-length report here or attached to this post as a PDF.564Views5likes0CommentsRe: Introductions
Hi all! I'm Eric Knudsen, my background is in organizational psychology and people analytics, and I lead the analytics and research arm of Viva People Science. My team loves taking a human-centric approach to exploring, researching, and testing questions about how the workplace and employee needs are evolving! Our goal is to produce insights and learnings that elevate the human-centricity in Viva products - an interest I suspect so many of us share! Fun fact: before I was helping to weave humanity into software products, I worked with a team building a series of assessments to identify and hire high-potential airline pilots - who had never yet flown a plane!5.6KViews15likes0Comments