Anything digital. Anything goes.
In the last 6 months, the majority of knowledge workers (and school kids and many others) have gotten their fair share – and more – of video conferencing and working remotely. Plenty of research, articles and webinars have popped up touting the benefits of remote work, and that the way we work may have permanently changed and so on. But can we draw any form of firm conclusions about the future of work post a COVID-19 world?
If you’re like me – who is used to being fairly often on the move, visiting different countries, re-uniting with colleagues and friends in global offices, attending trade shows – sitting day after day, week after week, in the same location, with video conferences being the only way to connect face-to-face (or is that a contradiction in terms?), you have probably come to the conclusion that the adjustments you have had to make due to the pandemic pretty much suck. I miss seeing my colleagues in person, I mis