The How-To of Hybrid Work

Drawing upon lessons learned from the successive periods of lockdown associated with the Covid-19 pandemic, this article’s authors ask themselves: how can we preserve the advantages of remote working at a time when offices are reopening?

In truth, the benefits of this crisis period surprised all observers. For companies, these are manifested in the acceleration of a digital transition that everyone knew to be necessary, and a consistent, if not enhanced, level of productivity. For employees they frequently appear in the guise of a greater capacity for concentration, increased flexibility, and saved transportation time. The counterpart of these positive effects is increased fatigue. The number of meetings has more than doubled. 40% of employees report feeling overloaded. Exhaustion is looming.

The article suggests various models of hybrid organization to be experimented with, according to the corporate culture and labor market a given company operates in. And if there is one piece of advice to remember, it is to be prepared to make this model evolve, following a test-and-learn logic.