Anthem the U.S based Medical Insurance and Health Care company with a reported turnover of $80 billion and a net income of $2.26 Billion in 2016 has made now made history, but for the wrong reasons.
Anthem has been the subject of contentious litigation in past two years, over a hacking of its data in 2015. The breach compromised 79 million customers personal information.
The concept of office space is rapidly evolving. Desk-bound from 9 to 5 is passé, and the formality and suffocating hierarchic structure of the traditional work environment is gradually disappearing.
The offices of the future are already here. They are snug, comfortable environments designed to promote happy, healthy and productive employees… or, in their modern iteration, employed entrepreneurs.
Let’s take a look at key trends that are shaping the offices of the future, right now.
Lifestyle choices and tough economic conditions are motivating more people to choose self-employment over the structured job market, and many are making a phenomenal success of it. Education, technology and consulting start-ups are flourishing.
Talent-matching platforms are springing up all over cyberspace. In advertising, marketing, architecture and even financial services, companies are opting for the specialist, on-demand skills of independent workers.
Freedom and flexibility are words that spring to mind when others think of freelancers. They're the "lucky few" who can work from home, when and how they want.
Except that freelancers no longer number in the few, and not everything about working freelance is as rosy as office-based employees might imagine.
Communication is central to the success of just about every business.
Costs, though, can add up fast. Traditionally, these include the costs of telephone and fax equipment, internet access, fixed phone line rates and cell phone costs. They also include the transport and venue costs associated with face-to-face meetings.
Sophisticated software and low-cost business services not only revolutionise the way we communicate – they can also slash monthly overheads.
Here are four easy ways to cut your business communication costs.
Organisational change is one of the most important things human resources managers have to deal with now and over the next few years as the digital era evolves. For businesses to thrive, they have to be agile, flexible and facilitate networks of teams in a collaborative environment.
The future of work has come to Blackheath as The Workspace launches its latest cowork and serviced office development in the vibrant Joburg suburb.
On Slipper Day, we supported the Reach for a Dream Foundation by buying each member of staff a wristband.
At The Workspace, we believe that every so often, it's important to take a little time out from work for other things that are really important. Of course, that includes our moms!
How cowork spaces are developing around the world is of course of major interest to The Workspace. So we were intrigued to discover some new trends coming out of the global movement.
A few years ago when the idea of cowork spaces first surfaced, no one could have foreseen how rapidly the ways in which we work would change, and the kind of impact this would have on how, when and where we work.
Technology has liberated much of the work force from the nine-to-five treadmill, but at the same time, that very flexibility means the security of technology used in alternative workspaces is vitally important.