Missed cues Whitehouse’s findings pique the interest of Leah Mayo, an assistant professor at Linköping University in Sweden’s Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience.Her research has looked at the typical stress-related facial expressions, and she thinks that people’s responses to our nonverbal signals will change depending on the context. When someone sees us, for instance, […]

‘Intentional boundary violations’ For a long time, some forecasters have argued that younger workers will force businesses to switch from email to direct messages (DMs). Platforms for chatting in the workplace, such as Slack and Microsoft Teams, are now a necessity for modern office communication. At their core, they’ve borrowed the direct message, their most […]

The future of work “My primary concern is: For what reason might we at any point telecommute until the end of time?” Kathy L from Virginia inquires. Numerous large businesses have already responded to the same question posed by numerous workers: “Why not?” Microsoft, the tech giant, made the announcement earlier this month that it […]