Yves here. One, or in this case, even two robins do not make a spring. But they are indicators. We had warned that the “work at home” trend was not likely to be as durable as many who’d bought homes well away from their former offices would like to think. As we indicated, most CEOs felt that there was a significant productivity loss in having their staffs dispersed. Whatever gains there might be from fewer distractions were offset by many types of collaboration being more difficult, particularly meetings of more than a very few people, as well as the loss of serendipitous casual information-sharing. And what looks like gossip often has an upside, in that learning about personalities and potential or actual scandals helps workers navigate internal bureaucracies.