LinkedIn presents.

Last Friday, after dropping my kids at school, I drove an hour north on the winding

sawmill parkway with morning light flashing between the trees to the charming town of Dobbs

Ferry, New York, nestled on the bank of the Hudson River.

My destination was the climbing wolf coffee shop where I met Chris and Paneo, two co-founders

of the next big idea club.

In the next two hours, we got more done together than we have accomplished in weeks of Zoom calls

and did it with hugs and high fives and a refresh sense of mission and purpose.

By the time I arrived home, I'd spent as much time driving as meeting with the team,

but it was well worth it.

Like so many other companies, we moved to fully remote work during the pandemic and found

that we liked it.

Activity, at least on paper, soared, fewer interruptions, no-cubutes, more time with family,

it felt like a win-win-win.

And yet, in recent weeks, my vague sense of missing the office has turned into a compulsion

to brave highways and coffee of unknown quality.

Apparently, I'm not alone.

According to Gallup, around 70 million Americans have jobs they could do entirely from home,

but here's the surprising thing they don't want to.

60% of those remote capable workers say their ideal work arrangement is a hybrid one.

Why is that?

I think it's because people everywhere are craving the same thing I was when I drove

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