In praise of the office: COVID-19 lessons to make the traditional workplace better.
Having had to rapidly adjust to working from home due to COVID-19, many people are now having to readjust to life back in the office. Many will have enjoyed aspects of what is sometimes called 'distributed work', but some may be dreading the return. So is there a middle ground? Could hybrid work arrangements, known for boosting well-being and productivity, be a more common feature of workplaces in the future?
In an article originally published in The Conversation in June, CLEW lead researcher Geoff Plimmer and colleagues from Edith Cowan University look at some of the lessons learned from the recent experience of working from home due to COVID-19.