Return-to-office debate has been in the ether for the better part of a year—and change. It appears that we have all arrived at the same place. hybrid work As the solution to the problem of flexibility that employees required and as the face-to-face for their needs.to-face culture bosses clung to. It is not enough to convince everyone.
A recent episode McKinsey Global Institute’s Forward Thinking podcastNick Bloom, Stanford professor of Economics, said that businesses should embrace diversity. hybrid work, but that it’s time For them to Organize yourself well hybrid plans. It means anchor days, in which everybody comes to the office to Get the best out of social media work.
“To be very clear: (a) this is not talking about fully remote; I’m talking about hybrid. And (b) I’m talking about well-organized hybrid,” Bloom. “So it’s not the nightmare of 2021 where you’re in the office, I’m at home; I’m in the office, you’re at home. It’s where everyone comes in on the same anchor days, and everyone stays at home on the same home days.”
He mentioned the now-ubiquitous virtual work Zoom is an example of a meeting tool: Employees go in here to the office Tuesdays and Thursdays, where all their social events, presentations, and trainings are designated for those days and there’s good reason to be at the office. They are open Monday through Friday. work You can do it from your home.
Two benefits are available to These are well-organized hybrid Bloom stated that model. One: Workers save time Commuting in the middle of their commute work from home days, which they then spend diving into child care, enjoying leisure activities such as exercise, and working more—which most of their extra time Go toHis research proves it.
“So if you are an employer, and you have an employee that works from home two days a week, they work about one hour more a week for you,” Bloom spoke during the podcast.
He added that the second benefit is the “quiet or deep work” People are capable to focus on when they’re working from home on designated days. “So reading, writing, preparing presentations, writing documents, thinking about stuff, maybe one-on-one,” Bloom.
Each CEO and executive that calls for a return has a backstory to in-office work there’s been a handful of workers arguing that not only are they more productive when working from home, but that often trekking into the office proves pointless: meetings are still on Zoom and they’re doing the same work They could have used more freedom and comfort at home.
That’s partly because hybrid work models to This point has largely been unintentionally demanded strategies It was to Return to A sense of prepandemic work “normalcy.” But Bloom’s organized hybrid work model attempts to Get the best out of your productivity, both at work and at home.
He says that companies need to be able to communicate with customers. to Give workers more time to think about why they are there and how it affects them. to Participate in this “deep” work You can commute in tranquil areas such as remote locations and enjoy the benefits of their reduced traffic time.
“Add those two things together, you’re getting something like 3 to 5 percent improvement in productivity,” Bloom.
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