Minneapolis workplace strategist shares her thoughts on the post-COVID workplace An interior designer and workplace strategist says the work-from-home experiment has focused attention on what people appreciate about this option, what they miss about the office and the importance of social connectivity to both. January 22, 2021 3:04pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Think back to March, when the threat of the novel coronavirus sent America s white-collar workers home to work. It felt temporary. Not like a snow day, exactly, but something like a short-term workaround. Soon we d be back on buses and trains heading downtown or to suburban office parks. But 4 in 10 workers are still doing their jobs away from the office, according to the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, prompting businesses and employees to rethink the way we work. Paula Storsteen, an interior designer and workplace strategist at the Minneapol