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Hybrid work is likely here to stay. So, here’s one modest proposal for a big improvement: Focus on why and how meetings are run. As the Harvard Business Review wrote, if we want hybrid work to succeed, the office day needs to be intentionally designed as one that employees won’t want to miss.

Since the Hybrid Workplace is still here, what changes have you made? Do you have ten people doing Teams/Zoom call from their desk/office, instead of getting a conference room (This is a large pet peeve of many based on recent surveys)? This article offers four quick questions to ask yourself. This situation requires the same sound judgement as always: be flexible, be transparent and be consistent.

Have any organizations really nailed #hybridwork? Or are most still settling into an uneasy compromise that too often includes employees coming into the #office only to do #Zoom meetings from their desks? Being truly thoughtful about hybrid work perhaps requires its own role. How can we make being onsite as thoughtful as we were planning in offsite events? Anne Chow offers tips to help excel in creating an atmosphere where the best talent can thrive.

Lack of visibility in the workplace. When you don’t know 👤 who’s in the office,📍 where exactly in the office,❓what is everyone doing there, 👥 whom they meet when they come to the office, 🗓 what meetings they attend… This is one of the biggest dangers of hybrid work. Read more about exactly how workplace visibility benefits your organization and explore effective ways you can increase it. https://hubs.li/Q022H5Nc0 #hybridwork #hybridworkplace #workplacevisibility

In this new landscape of hybrid work, the traditional office setup, with its dedicated desks and personal workstations, is becoming obsolete. Instead, spaces are being reimagined to foster collaboration and interaction. This change acknowledges that while individual tasks can be efficiently handled remotely, the office’s value lies in its capacity for collaboration, brainstorming, and team-building activities.

Hybrid work is likely here to stay, so it is important to be more thoughtful about the value of on-site meetings. Before scheduling the next one, consider these four questions. For starters: Does it have to happen?

Here's the latest JLL polling on what we're seeing in relation to hybrid workspace. Most respondents agree that face-to-face meetings are the most efficient way to be productive. Yet commute time to the office is still the biggest drawback to return 5 days per week. https://lnkd.in/dp3xe_es

You are back in the office and the only one you meet looks something like this nice guy - then obviously something went wrong! 🤔 Empty office, full calendar! According to a survey result the ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research shared in May this year that the unused office space in Germany is three times higher than before Corona. So does #hybridwork offer too many options and lead to a waste of corporate resources? And office space is only one resource when we talk about hybrid work. Or is hybrid work a powerful work model that enables each of us to do a better job? My views on this 🙌 Hybrid Work requires our rethinking in the way we make decisions, leverage office facilities and resources, how we communicate, structure our work and how we set priorities. Why this? Because there are simply too many options to just keep it running and hope to get a great benefit out of it. Hybrid Work brought a massive gain in #flexibility and flexibility is a huge competitive advantage that we should leverage and foster! This helps me to benefit from hybrid work, and maybe it can also help you? 1. Build skills and gain knowledge around the possibilities a Digital Workplace offers me as a persona for my way of hybrid work and choose your ideal devices to access and use digital services. Continue learning and exploring new possibilities, because there are continuously new features coming through the digital workplace. 2. Structure your communication, collaboration and information exchange preferences for yourself and within your team. Leave room for individual and spontaneous activity but also anchors both, physical and virtual exchange in your meeting routines. Offices offer a great environment to connect with people and to be creative together and can foster the team spirit and corporate DNA. Thus articulate and sync your office days with your teammates to ensure you are not alone. However remote means flexibility and often simply reduces effort for many type of exchange requirements. Good balance is key and each has its advantages. 3. Set priorities. Sounds so easy but is hard to achieve especially when floated with information and topics. However, not all can be treated with the same urgency and attention. Soon AI and automation will free up time and accomplish many time consuming tasks but priority setting will remain important to keep control and focus. #whatsyourviewonthis #digitalworkplace #peoplematter

Should businesses prioritize reducing office space over fostering an in-office culture? This is one of the big questions businesses must consider as they strive to optimize the new work-from-anywhere environment. James O'Connor @ Hypertec Solutions Partner

If you're trying to get people back into the office, remember this— mandates are not nearly as effective as magnets. Magnets draw people to work because there is something special about the office that allows them to do their job more efficiently or creatively. What draws you to the office? #NewWork #HybridWork #Productivity #Agile https://lnkd.in/gJ7zDQkY