What: MIT article by London Business School’s Lynda Gratton on how we can be productive working in and out of the office

Why it is important: Answers worries about how we may lose productivity, creativity, and engagement in the new work structure.

We are often experimenting with new working patterns caused by the pandemic: distance working and office working. It is causing a lot of confusion with leaders designing hybrid ways of collaborating that have few precedents. How much flexibility should there be? What strategies are most effective? The author lays out a view of hybrid workplaces and describes four emerging principles: use office space to amplify cooperation; make working from home a source of energy; take advantage of asynchronous time to boost focus; and use synchronised time for tasks that require coordination.

Mit four principles to ensure hybrid work is productive work