Many of us are busy doing what we can to help those fleeing from Ukraine and needing to set up work elsewhere. The suffering and displacement of so many millions of people has made me feel like so many of my problems are trivial. If anything, it makes me more convinced of the need to make work and every aspect of our life more human-focused, with less emphasis on technology, processes or systems, unless they are in the service of human needs.

It also reinforces the movement to help find meaningful work for those who are displaced - I applaud the effort on LinkedIn and elsewhere with new platforms to connect qualified people everywhere to good jobs like JobAidUkraine (Germany) and Randstad (Netherlands). Here is a NYTimes article with several links. This underscores not only opportunities for Ukrainians, but for all people everywhere looking for work. The job market is worldwide.

As we emerge from 2 years of the Pandemic, and restrictions are slowly lifted, we found many articles about Wellness, Flexible Working, and the Great Resignation. Ravi Swaminathan writes in FastCompany on ways we can help employees build resilience and flourish. Elizabeth Spiers writes in the NY Times about a growing encouragement of a "round-the-clock culture", as an unintended consequence of remote work. CultureAmp published its annual DE&I study, with only 34% of companies saying they have enough resources for key DEI initiatives and 85% saying their organization is building a diverse and inclusive culture.

Check out our articles in French and Spanish, with some innovative ideas and new products: 4 conseils pour réinventer le team building à distance has 4 great tips for reinventing remote teams. Peruvian company CANVIA launched a chatbot with the use of IBM Watson Assistant for HR management that allows companies to obtain more efficient and agile processes.

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