๐‘๐“๐Ž ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐ž๐ง โ€™๐ญ ๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž . ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ โ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ .

โ€œ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง , ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ , ๐š๐ง๐
๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž .โ€
Weโ€™ve all seen the headlines.

But letโ€™s be honest.

๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‘๐“๐Ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง โ€™๐ญ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž .
Theyโ€™re about
๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ,
๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ,
๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ,
๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ , ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ž๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  .

They say more about how decision -makers think than how people
actually work.

๐–๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ซ
๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ:

๐‚๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ โ€œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ โ€
if theyโ€™re unwilling to explore new ways of working
and prefer to retreat to what feels normal for them, not what works
best for their people?

๐‹๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ โ€™๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  :
๐…๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ž people often feel the most productiveโ€ฆand the most
isolated
๐‡๐ฒ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ workers experience flexibilityโ€ฆbut also fragmentation
๐ˆ๐ง-๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง workers may feel more connectedโ€ฆbut also more
controlled

Each mode creates a different experience.

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ,
but in reality, there are ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ happening simultaneously:
Remote, Hybrid, and In -Person.

Each comes with its own trade -offs and needs.

๐€ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐ง โ€™๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ
๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ž .
It means creating space for people to do their best work,
wherever, whenever, and however they work best.

๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ โ€™๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง .
And we shouldnโ€™t pretend that being in the same building solves for
belonging, trust, or collaboration.

๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ , ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ?

๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ :
๐€๐ฌ๐ค ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ : What do your employees need to feel connected, seen,
and supported in their work lives?
๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ : Donโ€™t recreate the past. Design for how
people work now.
๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐œ : Treat it as a shared decision, not a perk to
be earned or restricted

๐‘๐“๐Ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง .
If your people were thriving remotely, the challenge isnโ€™t where they
are,
itโ€™s whether youโ€™re willing to evolve.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ โ€™๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐ญ
๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ž , ๐ก๐ฒ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ , ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ?