The top two worries for workers returning to offices are "being socially awkward" and "following proper social etiquette," and although 60% overall feel comfortable "working in the same enclosed space" as others, that percentage varies among age groups, a Qualtrics survey reveals. Among the other findings, 25% say the hardest change will be "dropping leisurewear" and around half of workers think on-site employees have a "career advantage for promotions and raises compared to remote employees."

Most companies have six groups of employee talent potential, with everyone starting as "well-placed workers with mixed futures" and only some of those destined for leadership in strategy, operations or relationship-management, write Roger Pearman and Robert Eichinger of TalentTelligent. They detail each of the six categories and how leaders can effectively manage them over time.

There are eight steps to convincing your company to try your innovative idea, and it starts with anticipating the roadblocks that the idea might face. "Start where you are likely to face the least amount of resistance from the entrenched forces of the old business model," says Rita McGrath, professor at Columbia Business School.

Recent news reports about the positive impact of a four-day workweek were actually describing a reduction in hours worked, not days worked -- which changes the entire conversation, EZPR CEO Ed Zitron writes. The real question for leaders is whether they are curious about "a study concerned with, and in support of, reducing the hours of workers in total, and still getting the same productivity out as a result," Zitron writes.

The man who shot, compiled and sped up this footage of how a herd of sheep in Israel move as a group was really patient to capture what he needed over the course of a few months. "At the beginning, it was very hard; I assumed they'd go left, and they went right. I didn't see the logic in the sheep movements," said Lior Patel.