V O L . X X V I I I N O. V
M A R C H 7 , 2 0 2 2 4
PUBLISHER
Peter Stanton
ASSOCIATE
PUBLISHER
Andrea Tetzlaff
EDITOR
Peter Van Allen
DIGITAL EDITOR
William Hall
SENIOR WRITERS
Renee Cordes,
Laurie Schreiber
STAFF WRITER
Jessica Hall
SENIOR ACCOUNT
MANAGERS
Ken Hanson,
Betsy VanderPloeg
ACCOUNT MANAGER
Kerry Rasor
MARKETING/OPERATIONS
DIRECTOR
Alison Nason
DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE
DEVELOPMENT
Valerie Clark
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Mark Jeanneret,
Carrie Yardley
RESEARCH DIRECTOR
Timothy Doyle
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Heide Martin
ART DIRECTOR
Matt Selva
HOSPITALITY EMERITUS
Zoey
A division of
New England
Business
Media LLC
C E O / GROUP
PUBLISHER
Peter Stanton
P R E S I D E N T
Tom Curtin
C F O / C O O
Mary Rogers
DIGITAL DIRECTOR
Jan Holder
C O N T E N T S
How To
Attract young talent —
and save the planet
'Water cooler talk'
takes a new turn
How hybrid work is
changing workplace
communication in
Maine and beyond
15
10
16
Rise of the robots
Automation is transforming
the workplace — with
occasional headscratching
18
Office space redux
How the new hybrid
workplace is changing
business culture
WO R K P L A C E T R A N S F O R M AT I O N
F O C U S
I N D U S T R Y T H U M B N A I L O N PA G E 9
»
Applications now being accepted for
Leadership Maine and ICL
(Institute for Civic Leadership)
2022-2023 classes.
APPLY TODAY:
mdf.org/leadership-development/application
P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY
P
H
O
T
O
/
C
O
U
R
T
E
S
Y
O
F
K
AT
I
E
S
H
O
R
E
Y
Office bingo is a
stressbuster.
10
18
The MEMIC Group new space in Portland
