#54: The Future of Work: The Changing Role of Office Space

Today we’re talking about getting back to the office, a topic that many of you have been bringing to us fervently over the last six months. Beyond the obvious reasons, I think you are all asking about it precisely because it is up for discussion and review, and that itself is meaningful! Additionally, I think you are sensing that the role of the traditional office for knowledge workers and more has been in the rearview mirror for a while.

And now, office as a daily necessity for the doing of work, the office as we've defined it for the last 80 years or so, is just not part of our zeitgeist. It is likely now post zeitgeist, which is not so scary an idea as post zeitgeist only means that its classical period has passed. It does not cease to exist, but it loses its place as the de facto standard to define when work is done and how, both individually and in the context of team. So what might happen in the coming months as organizations sort out coming back to a physical office? Let's jump in.