Hybrid & Remote Teamwork
Research in Progress
Q: Does getting to know teammates better, both personally and professionally, generate more job commitment and purpose?
— with Marilyn Zakhour, Founder of Cosmic Centaurs, and Maya Mahfouz and the Cosmic Centaurs team
Q: How can hybrid teams be structured to reduce coordination costs and improve collaboration benefits?
— with Mark Mortensen, Associate Professor at INSEAD Paris
— Interested in collaborating?
You are welcome to bring issues and opportunities for research to us as well – send a note to research@institutelifework.org.
Publications & Commentary
Watch & Listen
Remote Working vs. the Office — Which is Better? (podcast)
— NPR’s The Pulse
Designing Work for the Future of Business (video)
— Fortune
What Is a Team? (video)
— Cosmic Centaurs
Returning to the Office (podcast)
— NPR’s Radio Times
Read
In a ‘Work-from-Anywhere’ World, Where Are People Working?
— Boston Globe
Could This Meeting Have Been an Email? Employees Are Over Meetings. Now Companies Are Too
— USA Today
Technology Alone Won’t Solve Your Organizational Challenges
— PwC Magazine
Remote Workers Must Not Be Left Behind, Workplace Design Experts Warn
— Fortune
Do We Still Need Teams?!
— Harvard Business Review
*Selected as a Top Article of 2022 by Data Driven HR Monthly
Adidas Has Lured Employees Back to Campus with Free Meals and Fitness Classes. The Strategy Has Benefits and Limitations, Experts Say.
— Business Insider
5 Ways to Put an End to Your ‘Meeting Inflation’
— Advisory Board
2022 Work Trend Index: Great expectations: Making Hybrid Work Work
— Microsoft
AI Will Run Your Meeting Now
— WIRED
What If Working from Home Goes On... Forever?
— The New York Times Magazine
How to Prepare Your Virtual Teams for the Long Haul
— Harvard Business Review
Stop the Meeting Madness
— Harvard Business Review
Creativity Under the Gun
— Harvard Business Review