More Colorado workplaces are becoming safe places for employees in recovery

Workplaces across the country are becoming safe and supportive places for people with substance use issues.

Olivia Zarella, Research Associate, Center for Health, Work & Environment, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
May 29, 2025 ~8 min

Anger is a flow of emotion like water through a hose − at work, it helps to know when to turn it up or down and how to direct it

By thinking of the flow of anger, you can unpack its key dimensions: its path and intensity. Is the stream pointed effectively? Is its strength appropriate?

Ray Friedman, Professor of Management and Professor of Asian Studies, Vanderbilt University • conversation
March 6, 2025 ~8 min


Brain monitoring may be the future of work – how it’s used could improve employee performance or worsen discrimination

Neurotechnology raises many high-stakes ethical questions. Setting ground rules could help protect workers and ensure that tasks are adapted to the person, rather than the other way around.

Paul Brandt-Rauf, Professor and Dean of Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University • conversation
Jan. 7, 2025 ~7 min

About a third of employees have faced bullying at work – here’s how to recognize and deal with it

You’d call the police if a stranger in public did what many bullies at work get away with. 2 researchers who study workplace violence describe the widespread phenomenon.

Deborah Circo, Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Nebraska Omaha • conversation
Feb. 7, 2024 ~9 min

Virtual reality has negative side effects – new research shows that can be a problem in the workplace

Trading in PC monitors for VR headsets can cause workers to experience dizziness, headaches and nausea. Researchers are beginning to understand why and what can be done to minimize the effects.

Alexis Souchet, Postdoctoral Researcher in Cognitive Ergonomics, University of Southern California • conversation
Aug. 8, 2023 ~5 min

AI can reinforce discrimination — but used correctly it could make hiring more inclusive

AI has been criticised for containing inherent biases, but if used in the right way it could make hiring fairer.

Elisabeth Kelan, Professor of Leadership and Organisation, University of Essex • conversation
July 25, 2023 ~6 min

AI can reinforce racial bias – but used correctly it could make hiring practices more inclusive

AI has been criticised for containing inherent biases, but if used in the right way it could make hiring fairer.

Elisabeth Kelan, Professor of Leadership and Organisation, University of Essex • conversation
July 25, 2023 ~6 min

Rust out: why boredom at work can be harmful and what employers can do about it

Occasional boredom at work is normal and healthy, but if you’re stuck in it long term it can damage your wellbeing.

Valerie van Mulukom, Assistant Professor in Cognitive Science, Coventry University • conversation
May 22, 2023 ~8 min


AI could make more work for us, instead of simplifying our lives

Automation may not reduce our workloads as much as we’d hoped.

Barbara Ribeiro, Associate professor in innovation management and policy, SKEMA Business School and Honorary Lecturer, University of Manchester • conversation
March 2, 2023 ~5 min

AI and the future of work: 5 experts on what ChatGPT, DALL-E and other AI tools mean for artists and knowledge workers

Now that AI systems can generate realistic images and convincing prose, are creative and knowledge workers endangered or poised for productivity gains? A panel of experts says it’s not so clear-cut.

Mark Finlayson, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Florida International University • conversation
Jan. 11, 2023 ~18 min

/

2