What Will the Future of Work Look Like? (SCET)
Kyle Giffin
October 20, 2020
Will remote work continue to be the standard after the global pandemic recedes? Is this a fundamental shift we are seeing or a temporary one? What will change permanently going forward?
The Uncertain Future of Corporate HQs (HBR)
Richard Florida
September 18, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has left offices empty across America. Given their cost, it may be temping for corporations to imagine an office-less future. But that’s unlikely to happen. In fact, questions about where a company places their offices matters now more than ever.
Redesigning The Office For The Next 100-Year Flu (Yes, It's Coming) (NPR)
Emily Vaughn
September 14, 2020
Office designers are scrambling now to try to get more members of the workforce safely back to their desks. Clear plastic sneeze guards have become familiar, as have floors taped off at 6-foot increments. But by 2025 or so, after the immediate threat of the coronavirus has likely passed, which short-term fixes will be part of the new normal? And what other design changes could be coming our way?
Job burnout is a billion-dollar problem. Can we fix it, despite COVID-19? (University of California)
Robyn Schelenz
September 3, 2020
With workplaces disrupted by the pandemic, it’s the perfect opportunity to rethink work cultures.
Rethinking Collaboration in a (Post-) Pandemic World (Swissnex)
Margaux Mégevand
June 30, 2020
Hear from UC Berkeley’s Cristina Banks, Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces, and Swiss artist Marcel Zaes on how we can work together and adjust to our new reality.
Will we just work from home now? Expect less office space and more home offices (SacBee)
Diana Williams
May 14, 2020
As guidelines to reopen work places are released and refined, employers are weighing what it will take to get back to business.
Strategic plan for working at home: Stay connected (Berkeley News)
Edward Lempinen
March 24, 2020
Cristina Banks expresses the point without hesitation: The idea of working at home holds little appeal for her. Her professional life is centered on her office, and now that the COVID-19 pandemic requires her to work from home, she worries that her creativity will be disrupted, and that domestic chores will distract her.
Space, Reimagined (BerkeleyHaas)
Krysten Crawford
Fall/Winter 2020
Street curbs used to serve one purpose: to keep pedestrians and vehicles from colliding. Today, they are microcosms of urban bustle. Cars, buses, delivery trucks, bikes, scooters, pedestrians, and, increasingly, roaming robots all jockey for finite space. As the COVID-19 pandemic lingers, restaurants, too, have spilled onto sidewalks and into streets.
How to Make Offices More Healthful—and Less Stressful (WSJ)
Suzanne Oliver
June 8, 2020
More employers are trying to create an office that workers will actually want to come back to as pandemic-related lockdowns ease across the country.
How Could COVID-19 Change The Labor Movement? (KCBS Radio)
Ted Ramey
September 7, 2020
To hear how Labor Day started and how far we've come since then, KCBS Radio News anchor Ted Ramey was joined by Edward Yelin, Emeritus Professor at UCSF and Senior Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces at UC Berkeley.
Those Working From Home Spending More Money (KCBS Radio)
Liz Saint
June 27, 2020
The opportunity to work from home during the coronavirus pandemic might seem like a good time to save money on things like meals and gas for commuting, however, a new survey from CreditCards.com shows we're actually spending more.
To hear more about this, KCBS Radio's Liz Saint John spoke with Ed Yelin, Emeritus Professor at UCSF and Senior Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces at UC Berkeley.
ASK AN EXPERT: Questions About Work From Home Set-Ups (KBCS Radio)
Stan Bunger
June 1, 2020
Today we're talking a closer look at the work from home situation. Many of you have been making do at home with a DIY office for the last two plus months and there's still no end in site. To answer your questions KCBS Radio's Stan Bunger spoke with Dr. Ed Yelin, Emeritus Professor at UCSF and Senior Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces at UC Berkeley.
Finding That Work Life Balance At Home (KBCS Radio)
It's been ten weeks since shelter orders took effect, and those working from home are dealing with a dismantled work-life balance.
According to data from NordVPN, U-S homebound employees are logging three extra hours per day on the job compared to before.
For more, KCBS Radio's Liz St. John spoke with Ed Yelin, Emeritus Professor at UCSF and Senior Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces at UC Berkeley.
Answering viewer questions about workplace safety during the pandemic (PBS News Hour)
Amna Nawaz
May 7, 2020
As states and businesses around the country begin to reopen, many Americans are worried about the health risks of returning to work. Christina Banks, director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces at the University of California, Berkeley, joins Amna Nawaz to respond to viewer questions and concerns about workplace safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learning Corner With Jeffrey Pfeffer: Why—and How—HR Should Get Into the Workplace Design Business (Cornerstone On Demand)
Jeffrey Pfeffer
March 17, 2020
Workplace well-being and individual performance and productivity depend on the design of the spaces where work gets done. HR practitioners must get more involved in physical design discussions and decisions to ensure better results.
Coronavirus response a ‘vast experiment’ that’s changing U.S. workplaces
Edward Lempinen
March 17, 2020
The workplace is a defining focus for many Americans, a place where they spend much of their lives earning an income, exercising creativity and connecting with colleagues and customers. This health emergency is sending shock waves across the working world, an impact with no precedent in modern times and no quick end in sight.
For those reasons, UC Berkeley experts said, an extended campaign against COVID-19 amounts to a vast experiment, undertaken in conditions of extreme uncertainty, that could bring temporary and permanent changes, large and small, to American working life.