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🗓️ 8 August 2025
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Workers are reluctant to go back into the office five days a week, but hybrid arrangements still need mastering. Peter Cappelli is the George W. Taylor Professor of Management at the Wharton School and the director of its Center for Human Resources. He joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why hybrid work holds workers back in terms of promotions, employee management and collaboration – and to offer suggestions for maintaining flexibility for employees while also maximizing their productivity. His article, written with Ranya Nehmeh, is “Hybrid Still Isn't Working” was published in the Harvard Business Review.
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| 0:49.3 | Whether it's a couple days a week or all the time, Americans who have the ability to work from home generally love it. A USA Today survey last year found 58% of us would prefer to office |
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| 1:01.8 | than when they commute. But here's the irony. Even when that is true, research suggests those |
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| 1:17.1 | Remote and hybrid workers being pressured to return to the office full-time |
| 1:21.0 | might suspect their bosses just want to do more bossing, |
| 1:24.1 | which is easier in person than across any digital platform. |
| 1:27.4 | But my guest has looked closely at the research and concluded there are real problems with the |
| 1:32.4 | hybrid schedules still in place at many companies. |
| 1:35.1 | And he says at the very least, companies that want to thrive while preserving an option for |
| 1:39.5 | hybrid work need to set out some new and very clear rules for how that should play out. |
| 1:45.0 | Peter Capelli is the George W. Taylor Professor of Management at the Wharton School at the |
| 1:49.5 | University of Pennsylvania and director of its Center for Human Resources. |
| 1:53.6 | His article for the Harvard Business Review, written with Rania Neme, is called Hybrid Still Isn't |
| 1:59.1 | Working. Peter, welcome to think. |
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