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The office as a hub of experiences<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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Corporate News<\/span><\/a> | 06.18.2021<\/p>\n<\/div>

The certainty is one: the work as we have lived it until the beginning of 2020 is not there and will be no more, what we have experienced, forcibly, during 2020 will be an inspiration to create that or those new ways of working that will mark the future.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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How will work change? What will be the role of the offices? How will we manage the organization and the relationship with the employees?<\/em><\/p>\n

According to Ashley, professor at Harvard Business School,<\/strong> the work\u2019s formula from 9-to-5 will change to 3-2-2<\/strong>: three days in the office, two at home, and two of total disconnection.<\/p>\n

This structure allows employees to model timetables that go around their daily life, a factor that has been demonstrated to improve working satisfaction, productivity, and participation.<\/p>\n

The organizations, that way before the pandemic, have experimented with this mixed approach of office-smart working, have reported happier employees<\/strong>, greater productivity, and reduced absenteeism.<\/p>\n

This suggests that to pass from the old 9-to-5 to the new 3-2-2 il could be an efficient way to appease employees\u2019 requests for flexibility after the pandemic. It might be good for the employees\u2019 mental health and the companies\u2019 success.<\/p>\n

Research made by McKinsey Global Institute<\/strong> of November 2020 reveals that more than 20%<\/strong> of the working force could work remotely from three to five days each week in an efficient way. However, there is a limit above which it starts to lose productivity, depending on the type of activity and the technological means available to the persons.<\/p>\n

For instance, in the United Kingdom<\/strong> workers could pass a theoretical maximum of 46%<\/strong> of their time working remotely, in the United States 39%<\/strong> and India only 16%.<\/strong><\/p>\n

These data bring out two problems:<\/p>\n