The article describes 5 things that are going on when people interact. Let’s look at each: 1. Touch builds trust. Vanderkam says, “Often, when people meet face-to-face, they touch each other.

“They’re paying for their office and hiring local people so they get no upside from being fully remote,” Mr. Bloom said. “The most surprising thing to me was they took so long to formally ...

Few people are as knee-deep in our work-related anxieties and sticky office politics as Alison Green, who has been fielding workplace questions for a decade now on her website Ask a Manager. In ...

AEW’s design actively supports this through thoughtful placement of shared spaces and amenities that encourage spontaneous interaction and relationship building. Employees highlighted this organic ...

3. Create busy signals. If “core work hours” aren’t feasible in your organization, or if people need additional time, you can come up with an office-wide signal that means “I’m trying to ...

An experimental study suggests that people are less likely to behave in a trusting and cooperative manner when interacting with AI than when interacting with other humans. Scientists use ...