Learning from lockdown: If the future is office-less, how do you protect your firm’s culture?

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The greatest challenge is not technical, it’s social, writes Martyn Evans

At the moment my inbox is flooded with two kinds of reports and articles: one full of advice about how to return to work safely and the other discussing whether the coronavirus pandemic will signal the death of the office.

The first set of documents are full of very practical advice about what seems to be a relatively simple process, until you dive in and start thinking about it seriously.

A survey of our 80 staff last week highlighted the complexity. Asked for their thoughts on a return to the office and their experience of working from home, more than 60% expressed concern about an early return – for many very practical reasons.

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