Last week I published an opinion piece at the request of the Deseret News. In the article I provide insights into:

• The slow adoption of remote work as a modern workplace practice.
• Why remote work is here to stay.
• Employees' preferences for greater workplace flexibility.
• The potential effects to employers who reject remote work.

You can read the full article here.

I recently published a featured research article in the Journal of Extension, titled
Evaluating Utah's Rural Online Initiative: Empowering Organizational Leaders Through Remote Work. My co-authors on this manuscript were my fellow USU Extension colleagues and faculty: Dr. Lendel Narine, Dr. Amanda Ali, Dr. Debra Spielmaker, Andrea Schmutz, and Tyson Riskas. Here is the abstract:

Compared to urban counties, Utah's rural counties experienced high levels of unemployment. Informed by a statewide needs assessment, Utah State University Extension developed a remote work leadership course to equip business leaders with knowledge and skills to create remote jobs as a solution to rural unemployment. This descriptive evaluation study collected data from course participants (N = 62). Findings showed short-term outcomes were achieved; participants experienced increases in knowledge and skills and had more positive intentions toward creating remote jobs and hiring employees from rural counties. Extension professionals can design and evaluate their programs using the framework in this study.

Read the full article at joe.org.