DrDamn Our organisation had already started down a path of ‘smarter working’ and the new building was to further mature that concept. We’ll have dedicated areas for quiet working, spaces for people/teams to collaborate and meeting rooms reserved for more formal meetings that shouldn’t be interrupted. I’m not sure it’d be quite what it is (or will be) had Covid not come when it did. In fact, lockdown came about 6 months after we’d finished rolling out laptops to the organisation, so if you could say such a thing, Covid hit us at the best time for our organisation.
Gammerz I think these days calling a face-to-face meeting essential for the purpose of achieving the meeting goal is a hard sell, but I do think there is a case for these in person meetings for some scenarios when the time is right. I think it’s just a question of timing when this is more acceptable to both organisations and the general public.
I see on the BBC News app today that a Centre for Cities ‘Think Tank’ has said working a five-day week in the office could become the norm again within two years. I don’t really see that being the case. Granted as human beings we long for connections and there’s no better way to build connections than being in the same room as someone but I think we’ve come to a point where we know its possible to have a hybrid approach to the workplace. Why would we go back to 5 days a week?