Illustration by Olenka Malarecka
Illustration by Olenka Malarecka

Shifting dimensions

How the pandemic is preparing us to work from anywhere

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Published on October 23, 2020

Workspace researcher Jennifer Magnolfi Astill explains how the health crisis could inspire experimentation with bold, new forms of work culture.

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The pandemic not only made safety the new top priority, it expanded our idea of what a “workspace” can actually be.

“The pandemic is akin to a spike in the work evolution curve. It has accelerated the widespread adoption of the prior shift—mobility—to areas of the workforce traditionally more reticent to it.”

“There has been a change in mindset when it comes to the mobility of work. From the organization’s perspective, most know they can be productive but few had prior experience in managing a distributed workforce as a community.”