With fewer days at the office, founders are getting creative about enabling their teams’ productivity and connection.
When it comes to workplaces, the new normal is hybrid.
In the U.S., 62 percent of companies now allow some degree of remote work, up from 51 percent at the start of the year, according to recent data from the hybrid work software company Scoop Technologies. On average, companies require two to three days of in-person work per week, which workers seem to prefer. Research from Harvard Business School found that employees who spent two days a week at the office reported “greater work-life balance, more job satisfaction, and lower isolation from colleagues.”
Shifting to a hybrid work routine that works for everyone might require reorganizing how and when to assign certain tasks, schedule meetings, and bring coworkers together, however. “It’s really important for organizations to not focus on how many days a week they’re in the office, but what types of activities you should do when you go to the office,” says Naomi Titleman Colla, founder of Toronto-based talent consulting company Collaborativity. “What you do with that time is what’s most important.”
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