When Fast Company first appeared in 1995 declaring that “Work is Personal,” the workplace looked vastly different than it does today. Many of the changes mirror the tech advances of the past two and a half decades (Slack replaced email which replaced faxes, for example). But the real workplace evolution has been in making work more personal—for both better and worse.
Companies aren’t made up of robots (yet!); they are made of people. Some of the best changes over the past 25 years have been in recognizing employees’ humanity: from the rise of Diversity and Inclusion efforts, to efforts to reduce gender pay gap, to more flexible work, and the #MeToo movement.
