Monthly Archives: August 2020

The dark side of remote work – do they really need YOU?

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Gary R Schirr

Last week on this blog I posted a video of a panel discussion on remote working. As a part of the panel, I conducted a survey of attendees and LinkedIn followers that showed favorable experience with remote work during the … Continue reading →

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A Panel on Remote Work

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Gary R Schirr

I was delighted to be a member of a live panel discussion (via Zoom) to discuss remote work in an event organized and hosted by the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center. There was some optimism in the group that continued … Continue reading →

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Empathy during pandemic: Masking your feelings?

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Gary R Schirr

In my previous post, Online versus in-class instruction is not really our choice for Fall, I made the argument that the face-to-face regime for college classes derived from CDC guidelines is far from the traditional in-class instruction that we are … Continue reading →

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