Stefan Mileschin

It is like 1066 all over

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella seems to have given up on the days when everyone used to be in an office.

In a Harvard Business Review article, Nadella said that the tail-end of the pandemic has bought "real structural changes" — and two megatrends for the future workplace.

He said the first is hybrid work, which is a result of the changed expectations of everyone around the flexibility that they want to exercise in when, where, and how they work.

The second trend will be the great reshuffle where people want to recontract the real meaning of work and sort of asking themselves the question of which company do they want to work for and what job function or profession they want to pursue.

“I think we should sort of perhaps just get grounded on what are we seeing in the expectations. For example, when we see all of the data, the reality is close to 70 percent of the people say they want flexibility. At the same time, 70 percent also want that human connection so that they can collaborate. So therein lies that hybrid paradox. Interestingly enough, if you look at the other sort of confounding piece of data: 50-odd percent of the people say they want to come into work so that they can have focus time. Fifty-odd percent also want to stay at home so that they can have focus time”, he said.


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