Thought Sparks The Remote Work Question with Rita McGrath and Peter Capelli & Ranya Nehmeh
In this week’s Thought Sparks Podcast episode, Rita McGrath, a Columbia University Business School Professor, C-Suite strategist, business founder and best-selling author, speaks with Peter Capelli of Wharton and HR Strategist Ranya Nehmeh. Their book, In Praise of the Office, is a research-based assessment of the benefits and drawback of both in-person and remote work.
1:10: WFH, RTO, WFM: Acronym Soup Around Where We Should Work
3:01: Working From Home in the Early Days in the COVID-19 Pandemic
5:52: What Has Not Been Working Well, From Employer Perspectives
7:29: Generational Differences: Why Junior and Senior People Have Different Experiences with Remote Work
9:31: The Allen Curve: Poor Information Flows and Shrinking Networks
12:38: Cubicles, Long Tables, and Hot Desking: How the Physical Office Has Evolved
15:37: Why CFOs Loved Remote Work
19:50: Individual Contributors Can Thrive in Remote Work Settings
22:57: Where New Hires Get Lost in Remote Work Settings
24:10: The Intentionality of a Hybrid Setup
26:14: Why Anchor Days Fall Short
28:15: Collaboration and Learning: When KPIs Don’t Measure What Makes Work Happen
32:03: Cohorts, Friendships, and The Social Elements of Work
34:30: Identifying When Remote Work Has Become a Problem
38:30: What Leadership Misses
43:00: Blowback to the Book: How Capelli and Nehmeh Struck a Chord
46:13: Understanding Where People Land on the RTO Debate
49:40: Case Studies: Netflix and Toss
57:07: Gen Z’s Return to the Office
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