Love this snippet. It makes me wonder how this can be done in the NHS for people working in a hybrid / remote fashion when accommodation in some places is so poor and money for snacks is non existent. My advice is to focus on collaboration and the human aspects. Loneliness contributes to death and illness as much as smoking or obesity (it’s true, look at the studies). As a leader, your job is to create a team that functions well, and wants to develop and make their service the best it can be. Getting together, to review progress and plan ahead is an essential part of that. Don’t skip face to face time together, put your “in the office” on, ignore your emails for the day, and genuinely collaborate! PS. The best teams I work with, feed each other, especially when the team is diverse and is representative of many different cultures. Food brings people together! P.P.S Want to see this done well in the public sector. Shout me! I have a client who has taken agile working extremely seriously and would be happy to share their approach.
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Well here we are, at the end of the Financial Times Working It video filming at west Coast tech companies. And what have I learned about the future of work? Here’s my first effort at an answer , with thanks to Petros Gioumpasis, Claire J. and Vanessa George for being so patient as we did …several takes at LinkedIn.