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Over the past few weeks, I’ve spoken with managers and employees about returning to the workplace. Behind every person’s individual concern is one overarching, almost philosophical conundrum: What’s the point of the office?
“That’s the right question,” says Alexandra Samuel, co-author of “Remote, Inc.” “And any organization that isn’t asking that question is going to run into trouble because every employee’s thinking it.”
It’s understandable. People worked from home once derided as “shirking from home” for a year, and the sky didn’t fall. In fact, people worked harder and became more efficient. Time once wasted on commuting was reallocated, and flexibility made it easier to pivot between work and life. Less time went to politicking and gossiping, and more time went to important work.
Bob Pozen (@Pozen) dissects the essentials of remote work and hybrid work alongside
Jared Spataro (@jared spataro), MIT Sloan alum (MBA 03) and Microsoft 365 Corporate Vice President. Together they will discuss how the pandemic has affected company culture and driven a need for flexible work. As some parts of the world begin to approach a post-pandemic workplace, the pressure is on for companies to adapt to hybrid workplaces while maintaining productivity and collaboration.
Pozen is the author of the recently released
Remote, Inc. How to Thrive at Work.Wherever You Are (Harper Business), a Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management, and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. In 2012, he won acclaim for a popular book entitled
Why remote work should be more like a Business of One theglobeandmail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theglobeandmail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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