The Do’s And Don'ts Of Returning To The Office

Worklife with Adam Grant

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🗓️ 7 June 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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It’s been two years since offices around the world were thrown into virtual environments to do their jobs, and now many leaders are itching to get everyone back in the office. But new evidence demonstrates that hybrid work can be good for people and organizations. Adam brings an economist and a management expert to weigh in on the science of hybrid work, and make a road map to success in the modern (sometimes virtual) workplace. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/WL46

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0:00.0	Hi there, I'm Chris Duffy, host of How to Be a Better Human, another TED podcast.
0:04.0	Most of us want to be better, but we're not quite sure where to begin, and our show is here to help.
0:08.1	On our podcast, you'll hear from guests and TED speakers who might just make you a better human,
0:12.7	from standing up for what you believe in to challenging conventional wisdom, embracing rejection,
0:17.0	or finding gratitude every day, our show is your guide to becoming a little less terrible.
0:21.8	Not that you're terrible right now, I think you're great, but on something me become a little less
0:25.4	terrible and maybe you'll pick up something along the way. You can find How to Be a Better Human
0:29.6	wherever you're listening to this. It's been more than two years since offices shut down,
0:34.4	many people were sent home and meetings turned into video calls. And now leaders want people back
0:40.9	to the office, but many people have mixed feelings about that.
0:47.4	What do I think about going back to the office? The poop emoji says it all.
0:52.0	I feel like going back to the office is fun to your cool workers, maybe once a quarter for
0:56.8	new planning sessions, but it's not necessary every week. Ewww! Office thanks. I'll never go back to
1:03.4	the office, ever, not even with a race. Actually, we should get a race to stay home.
1:09.2	I'm really maybe going to work once a week, which is fun. I get to see people, but I still want
1:15.3	to definitely keep that leverage and be able to work from home more often than not.
1:20.0	Oh, hell no, why would I do that? Working from home has kept me from being around
1:26.3	hell of toxic people at the office. And to be quite honest, my mental health is doing better now
1:33.0	than I'm not around my colleagues. So leave me at home. Hybrid work is becoming the norm.
1:40.5	Except right now, no one knows what normal hybrid work looks like. It's the Wild West.
1:46.5	Kind of like when we first got on Zoom in 2020, with organizations charging straight into it without
1:51.8	any road signs or directions. But if we want to make hybrid work work, the evidence is clear
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