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Welcome to the Amplify Digest. Every week, I break down five articles in five minutes; discussing the top people news, stories, and resources that are worth your time. Scroll down for links to the articles covered in the video (and more), Amplify Academy updates, and more.

This week’s digest explores Malcolm Gladwell's take on remote work, Facebook and Google CEO's warnings to employees, hybrid work statistics, tech layoff's impact on DEIB gains, and much more.

🔦 HR opportunity spotlight: Pursuit, VP People & Culture (Denver, CO)

In this role, you’ll lead all human resource business planning activities, including the creation and development of innovative compensation strategies, seasonal and year-round recruitment, training and onboarding, the creation of a strong guest-focused hospitality culture, reporting, analysis of our people & culture requirements, planning, budgeting, ongoing weekly management of the division’s People and Culture performance, weekly reporting of hiring, training, performance management and evolving business trends in a fast-paced and growing enterprise.

Articles discussed in this week's Digest (and more)

1. Zuck Turns Up the Heat (The Verge)

2. How Hybrid Working From Home Works Out (National Bureau of Economic Research)

3. Google CEO tells employees productivity and focus must improve, launches ‘Simplicity Sprint’ to gather employee feedback on efficiency (CNBC)

4. Malcolm Gladwell says it’s ‘not in your best interest to work from home.’ Nearly 20 years ago he said he ‘hates desks’ and writes from his couch (Fortune)

5. Tech Industry Layoffs May Undo Workforce Diversity Gains (Wired)

6. The case for a shorter workday (BBC)

7. Case Study: How Launch Darkly made their most expensive meeting worth it (Gathering Effect)

8. Are Your Organization’s DEI Efforts Superficial or Structural? (Harvard Business Review)

9. Hybrid work isn’t working: Here’s a better approach (Fast Company)

10. Are layoffs a reputation killer or just part of doing business? (Protocol)

11. What Remote Work Debate? They’ve Been Back at the Office for a While. (The New York Times)

Announcing Foxtrot Cohort Guest Instructor #1 - Anna Binder

Today I unveiled the first guest instructor for the upcoming Foxtrot Cohort (Aug 31 - Sept 30) - Asana Head of People, Anna Binder! Learn more about Anna below.

The cohorts are capped at 30 students. 2️⃣ 2️⃣ seats remain for the upcoming class so if you’re interested in joining, be sure to secure your seat here (select foxtrot cohort at checkout).

Anna has spent most of her career working in people operations at technology start-ups, connecting people programs to business objectives and values. As head of people operations at Asana, she leads the company’s efforts in recruiting, total rewards, diversity and inclusion, learning, development, and employee engagement. Before joining Asana, Anna worked in similar roles at MuleSoft, Readyforce, and IronPort Systems. -- She holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Oregon and an MBA from IESE in Spain.

About the Amplify Academy below

Redefining HR Podcast 🎧

Redefining HR is back! I’m excited to kick off the 8th season with Liz Fosslien. Listen to the latest, and recent, episodes below.

1. Managing Hybrid Workforces With Envoy Chief People Officer Annette Reavis

2. The Intersection of Emotions and Work with Humu Head of Communications and Content Liz Fosslien

3. Creating an Open-Source Environment in HR with Microsoft Chief People Officer Kathleen Hogan