The global workforce is tired. For many, the 2020 festive and calendar New Year break feels like the finishing line at the end of a marathon we never signed up for. It’s a brief respite from a year of tumultuous change and uncertainty, but when we fast forward to the start of 2021, will things be any different? Are we heading into another marathon year?

We often cite the disproportionate ‘mental load’ carried between men and women, but what does this term actually mean?

What good are the latest tech innovations if people are stressed out of their minds?

Even before anybody without a degree in epidemiology had ever heard of COVID-19, we were already in the middle of a mental health crisis.

The Coronavirus Is Forcing Us to Ask: What Is Truly Essential to Our Life? “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” says Frodo in The Lord of the Rings. “So do I,” says Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

The COVID-19 pandemic is shifting the dynamics of work, parenting, and the home. With these changes comes new (or amplified) sources of stress, especially for women, who regardless of whether they work outside the home, bear two-thirds of the work it takes to run a household and a family.

In ordinary times, sleep is essential to every aspect of a person’s well-being. In extraordinary times of uncertainty, anxiety and stress, getting the sleep we need is more important than ever. Sleep is the foundation of both a strong immune system and psychological resilience — the very things we need to navigate this pandemic.

Transformative change rarely happens without a catalyst and a crisis. A crucible. A time of profound trial at the end of which something new and much better emerges. The term comes from the vessel used by medieval alchemists that withstood extreme heat to turn base metals into gold.

Our Modern-Day Vesuvius: The Other Curves We Need to Flatten

All my life, I’ve been obsessed with time. And now, as the pandemic has disrupted our routines and forced us to pause, everybody is obsessed with time. It’s become a great topic of conversation. Searches for “what day is it” have spiked online in recent weeks, as have references to Groundhog Day, the 1993 movie starring Bill Murray as a T.V. weatherman who relives the same day again and again.

As We Re-enter the Workplace, Technology Alone Isn’t Going to Save Us

As companies look ahead to re-entry, everyone is thinking about the physical part. We’re figuring out masks, social distancing in an office setting, elevator protocols. We’re exploring features of the “pandemic proof” office, from the return of the cubicle to plexiglass to the advent of body temperature readings.

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