Interview: Theresa Glomb, professor, University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management

University of Minnesota professor and leading workplace expert Theresa Glomb has some advice for people working from home – and their employers -- amid the COVID-19 crisis. “I love the phrase, ‘Don't waste a crisis,’” says Glomb, a professor in the Carlson School of Management’s Department of Work and Organizations. “And I think this is very true here because we have an opportunity to really change things and think about how we manage how we work.” A sought-after speaker, Glomb has conducted extensive research on work environments with help from surveys, interviews and assessments and other methodologies. Participants include thousands of workers and dozens of companies. Glomb’s research has been published in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal and the Journal of Applied Psychology, and has been cited in media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and Huffington Post, according to her website. In the following interview with reporter Brian Johnson, Glomb talks about the pros and cons of working from home, how working from home affects productivity, the workplace of the future and more.