Editor’s Overview
Help Wanted!!!
There were 9.3 million job openings in the U.S. at the end of April, a record high. And if finding workers wasn’t painful enough, retaining them was even harder. More...
When Will We Go Back to the Office?
On average, just a quarter of workers in the 10 biggest urban areas in North America have returned to offices, according to The Week. Paul Leonard, a management consultant at...
Welcome to the 107th edition of ELEVATOR WORLD UK
by Dave Cooper I am really pleased to be penning the introduction to this edition, as we have a number of authors who have not published with us previously. It...
An Air of Positivity
With the advent of spring comes renewed growth and hope. Maybe that has never been truer than this year, as we try to reestablish our “normal” lives after a very...
It’s All About the People
Things are stirring out there in the VT-verse. Fresh off the virus lockdowns, a new world awaits. It is a long, slow opening, like a flower bud, but no one...
Getting Back to Business
Just prior to writing this, I sat in on a meeting of U.S and Canada industry leaders. Organized by Elevator U and led by Eddie Morris (University of Virginia), the...
Let’s Talk About the Future
I’ve read several editorials recently that predict the U.S. economy is heading toward a boom later in 2021 due to fast rollout of vaccines and infusions of cash from the...
Starting Anew
We begin 2021 with the hope that we will soon be able to regain a sense of normalcy in our lives. As more and more COVID-19 vaccines get distributed around...
Wrapping Up and Looking Forward
In this, our last issue of 2020, an unforgettable year for obvious reasons, we are happy to highlight something positive: the pervasive beauty and creativity at work in this industry....
Chicagoland Moves On
As I write this column in early February, Chicago and most of the Midwest is buried in snow as the first of three massive storms rolls across the plains and...
