Can We Make The Whole “Hybrid Work” Deal Work Well For People?

We can, and we should, but there are definitely concerns around it.

I’ve already done a little bit of a deep dive on the general idea of working from home, but I wanted to take some time on the “hybrid” model specifically. It feels like it will be the model that “wins out” for people in local markets — i.e. come in three days, be at home two days. There is a lot of navel-gazing and “heated” online debates around this, specifically “You cannot build a culture this way” vs. environmental impacts of five-day commutes vs. “building and maintaining the culture” and all the rest. Let’s see if we can’t hash this out a little bit.

What is the big picture of hybrid work?

The real tea on hybrid seems to be like … we need to just treat everyone like we treat top sales guys. No one cares where those people are, so long as the numbers are there. If the numbers ain’t there? Ya #piped. We should design organizations where everyone is treated that way, honestly.

If you are a big in-office person, and you want to be there five days, go ahead. We’ll provide masks and wipes, even though we’re not sure (still) if either works that well.