Unlocking Hybrid Work: Weekly Reading [3/1/21]
Your weekly summary of the most important news, trends, insights, and company updates related to hybrid work.
Timelines, Insights, & Planning
Workers expect employers to “let them down” when it comes to long-term remote [via Fortune]. The majority of employees want to go hybrid, but many fear being called back to the office full-time.
Rethinking organizational design for the hybrid workplace [via HR Executive]. Detailed breakdown of org design considerations for productivity, culture, up-skilling and more.
Getting your team ready for the hybrid office [via Entrepreneur]. Smart, succinct guidance for preparing your team for return.
Hybrid & Remote: Best Practices
Tips for increasing remote workforce engagement [via Entrepreneur]. Best practices on virtual-friendly adaptations of major employee engagement drivers.
Why Agile can be a major unlock for hybrid [via Forbes]. Built to maximize autonomy, speed, and collaboration, Agile may once again be the best choice for accelerating operations…this time, in the hybrid world.
How hybrid impacts creative marketers [via Digiday]. An interesting review of the unique challenge faced by marketers and specifically the creative industry in shifting to hybrid.
Making the hybrid workplace fair [via HBR]. Excellent discussion on the factors impacting “fairness” in the hybrid workplace, and a guide for how managers can be most effective - and supportive.
How to set-up a hybrid-remote workplace [via Forbes]. How-to covering infrastructure, physical workspace, communication, onboarding, and more.
Vaccines
Employees hesitant to return without vaccines [via Cleaning & Maintenance Management]. A detailed look at sentiment around return timelines and vaccines, from the specific perspective of the cleaning & office maintenance industry.
What can employers require re: the COVID vaccine? [via JDSupra]. Detailed toolkit/guide from “McDermott Will & Emery” on employer considerations around vaccine requirements.
Can an employer fire someone afraid to return? [via SHRM]. Breakdown of specific employment considerations related to vaccine requirements and individual willingness to return to the office.
Specific Company Updates
KPMG: hybrid is an opportunity for talent and business [via KPMG]. Perspective from KPMG on the upside of hybrid in their organization and others.
Major differences for in-office expectations between European and U.S. banks [via Forbes]. U.S. banks are calling for returning to the office soon, while European banks are downsizing real estate and shifting to hybrid.
Everything else
New technologies in the physical workspace [via Forbes]. Profile of new technology enabling the rethinking of the physical office, including desk sensors and movable walls.
Update on the stimulus package and direct payments [via CNBC]. The $1.9T stimulus package is moving through congress, with $1,400 more in direct payments being readied.
👏Thanks for reading! More to come later this week! 👏
Enjoyed this week’s Unlocking Hybrid Work Reading List? Share it with co-workers, employees, or industry friends!