Aman Kidwai

New York

Editor, Workplace at Newsweek

Workplace reporting @Newsweek. #UConn sports @TheUConnBlog @StorrsCentral. Formerly at Fortune, Washington City Paper, Morning Brew.

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Articles

How Estonia is advancing AI in government, business and education

5 days ago | newsweek.com | Aman Kidwai

Estonia may be a small country, but it maintains an outsized reputation in technology. Known for being where the pioneering video calling platform Skype was created, Estonia has been pushing its government services to be as digitally friendly as possible since gaining its independence in 1991. By the year 2000, Estonians could do their banking and taxes online. Today, people can apply for residency or citizenship online, form a business and even get divorced without leaving the house.
Salesforce launches agent-powered HR service

1 week ago | newsweek.com | Aman Kidwai

Salesforce announced the launch of an agentic employee service platform on Tuesday. The company's primary offering is the widely used customer relationship management (CRM) software for sales and marketing teams.
Better office bathrooms can improve attendance and inclusion

1 week ago | newsweek.com | Aman Kidwai

With the proliferation of remote work and hybrid arrangements, the comforts of home are more accessible than ever for knowledge workers during the workday. You can do laundry or make coffee while taking in a team meeting. You can play music as loud as you want during your focused time, kick up your feet and even wear sweatpants. At home, you can also go to the restroom with relative privacy and peace.
Hook C Baseball

1 week ago | hookcbaseball.substack.com | Aman Kidwai

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How Siemens rebuilt its leadership development program

2 weeks ago | newsweek.com | Aman Kidwai

With so much changing in the working world, the senior executives at global tech company Siemens knew they had to change the way they trained. Having implemented a revised program for new managers, increased offerings available to a wider audience and provided greater support on personal development, Lisa Lang and the HR leadership of the company are expecting a new style of management to prevail in the near future. "We're looking at leadership in a completely different way.
Grammarly CEO Shishir Mehrotra on AI innovation in workplace collaboration

2 weeks ago | newsweek.com | Aman Kidwai

A curious merger was announced at the end of last year as Grammarly, the spell-check tool, acquired Coda, the document writing and sharing software, and Coda's CEO assumed leadership of the combined organization. "We got introduced through a common investor," Shishir Mehrotra, the new CEO of Grammarly, told Newsweek. In a sit-down interview, the former Google executive and cofounder of Coda shared his philosophies on agentic AI and the future of work.
Mayor Randall Woodfin on creating job opportunities in Birmingham

3 weeks ago | newsweek.com | Aman Kidwai

Randall Woodfin took over as Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama in 2017 when he was 36 years old. He's had to address urban blight, gun violence, and the challenges affecting many cities in the United States and especially the South: food deserts, racial strife, the ongoing public health response to COVID-19 and job growth. On the latter, Woodfin and his administration have taken an active role in trying new ideas to promote jobs and economic activity.
How neuroaesthetics can make workplaces-and workers-better

3 weeks ago | newsweek.com | Aman Kidwai

In the business world, companies are trying to make their offices more attractive to employees. Now that hybrid and remote work remains an option in the broader working world, leaders have maintained an interest in encouraging, or mandating, office attendance, with mixed results. On top of that, people are stressed when it comes to work-over volatile markets, global socioeconomic instability, and the rapid pace of change.
Hook C Baseball

3 weeks ago | hookcbaseball.substack.com | Aman Kidwai

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Zoom's new communications app 'purpose-built' for frontline workers

4 weeks ago | newsweek.com | Aman Kidwai

Video software company Zoom has announced a new mobile app for frontline workers in the retail, manufacturing and health care industries, where employees are not typically sitting on a computer. The app will include scheduling capabilities, real-time updates and chat, push-to-talk, and task management. The AI companion alongside it will automatically report on shifts with data such as attendance reports and task completion rates.