๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ .
โ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง , ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ , ๐๐ง๐
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ .โ
Weโve all seen the headlines.
But letโs be honest.
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง โ๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ .
Theyโre about
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ,
๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ,
๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ,
๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ , ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ .
They say more about how decision -makers think than how people
actually work.
๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ซ
๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ:
๐๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ โ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ โ
if theyโre unwilling to explore new ways of working
and prefer to retreat to what feels normal for them, not what works
best for their people?
๐๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ โ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ :
๐
๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ people often feel the most productiveโฆand the most
isolated
๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ workers experience flexibilityโฆbut also fragmentation
๐๐ง-๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง workers may feel more connectedโฆbut also more
controlled
Each mode creates a different experience.
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ,
but in reality, there are ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ happening simultaneously:
Remote, Hybrid, and In -Person.
Each comes with its own trade -offs and needs.
๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ง โ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ฅ
๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ .
It means creating space for people to do their best work,
wherever, whenever, and however they work best.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ โ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง .
And we shouldnโt pretend that being in the same building solves for
belonging, trust, or collaboration.
๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ , ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ
๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ?
๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ :
๐๐ฌ๐ค ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ : What do your employees need to feel connected, seen,
and supported in their work lives?
๐๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ : Donโt recreate the past. Design for how
people work now.
๐๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ : Treat it as a shared decision, not a perk to
be earned or restricted
๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง .
If your people were thriving remotely, the challenge isnโt where they
are,
itโs whether youโre willing to evolve.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ โ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ
๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ , ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ , ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ?