Over the years, Human Resources has made significant contributions to provide strategic insights about the overall people management for organizations. Because of this, it is now crucial for HR to be organized and integrated as a function. Birches Group’s Community™ integrated methodology and platform is the only approach that makes...

Before we can talk about the future of work, we must take a good look at its past. Work has undergone many revolutions that has transformed it to what it is today. For organizations to be able to position themselves for the future, a transition to a purpose-driven mindset is...

In early March 2020, when cities were locked down and offices were closed because of COVID-19, companies struggled to go 100% virtual. At Birches Group, we were able to flip the switch quite easily, because virtual work has been a core part of our regular work program since our founding...

Through fits and starts most organizations have been gradually introducing virtual work. The COVID-19 virus has pushed many offices off the fence toward creating a more based virtual work environment. It has not been easy. While there are technical challenges, the biggest hurdles organizations face are in the legacy mindsets...

Many years ago, when I was just starting as an HR Officer working in a large public institution, I had the opportunity to participate in a meeting which I found to be very instructive about life in a large bureaucracy.

In chemistry an agent which accelerates a reaction is known as a catalyst. Whether the impact of COVID-19 on the workplace will ultimately be catalytic or just a passing nuisance remains to be seen. However, all the elements for catalytic change in how we work are present. It is an...

Ok then, COVID-19 is not yet in the rearview mirror. Most of us are just trying to keep things going the best we can until we can get back to normal operations. Will there be lessons learned from this experience or are we going to see this as a once...

It is a commonly told tale that when he arrived in the New World, Cortez burned his ships so that the only direction to proceed would be forward. There would be no turning back.

There really should be no mystery as to the components of work which come together to form teams. Literally for millennia this has been taking place.