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Article by Laetitia Vitaud in Fast Company examining the push for more "masculine energy" in corporate culture, drawing on Women in the Workplace report data, 2025 labor market statistics, and the team-supporting work that goes unrewarded. Published October 7, 2026.
An ETHRWorld article on how Gen Z communicates differently at work and the misunderstandings that come up with older colleagues, with approaches for bridging the generational communication gap.
Why I recommend it: A manager's-eye view of generational communication styles — handy for younger workers who want to read how they're being described.
An open, freely shared company document setting out first principles for how a team uses AI in its work.
Why I recommend it: A useful template if your team needs its own AI ground rules.
Free annual research on wellbeing from the University of Oxford's Wellbeing Research Centre with Gallup and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, covering how work, community and trust shape how people feel about their lives.
Why I recommend it: Useful evidence when you are weighing a job on more than salary.
Free workplace data showing that as AI use rises, more time is going into troubleshooting AI output than into productivity gains.
Why I recommend it: Good counterweight to AI hype in job interviews and internal pitches.
A first-person account of how one professional's neurodivergent brain works day to day, and what support and communication actually help at work.
Why I recommend it: Read this before you assume you know what accommodation means. Plain, specific and written by the person living it.
Fast Company's annual list of companies and organizations recognized for fostering innovation and creative problem-solving in the workplace.
Why I recommend it: Useful as a research starting point when you want to see which employers are publicly committed to innovation culture — good signal for targeted outreach.
Coverage of law firm founder John Morgan boasting on a podcast about camera-based monitoring of remote staff, after which 23 employees quit within the first week.
Why I recommend it: Monitoring policy is culture policy. Ask in interviews how remote work is measured - output or surveillance - and treat the answer as data about how you would be managed.
CEO of 4 Day Week Global and TIME100 Health honoree researching workplace productivity and shorter work weeks.
Why I recommend it: If a client is skeptical the 4-day week is a gimmick, point them here — this is the actual research, not the hype.
Future of work and AI architect, former Head of Remote at GitLab, writing and consulting on distributed and remote-first work.
Why I recommend it: He built GitLab's entire remote playbook from scratch — anyone managing or negotiating remote work should read his stuff first.
Bias navigation expert, founder of DiverseCity Think Tank and author of "I Don't Understand: Navigating Unconscious Bias in the Workplace."
Why I recommend it: Frames bias as a navigable, learnable skill rather than a guilt trip — makes it usable in an actual team meeting.
Future of work advisor and founder of HRTechRadar, connecting HR technology, pay and workforce strategy from the Netherlands.
Why I recommend it: A rare voice that treats HR tech and compensation as one connected system instead of separate topics.
