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Remote work creates silos. Talking to people outside your core group now has to be intentional versus catching them in the cafeteria or in the hallway after a meeting. I had a recent Zoom call with a peer where we realized we would have talked months earlier if in the office.

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Ethan Mollick

@emollick

· Sep 10, 2021

A giant study at Microsoft adds to the growing picture of the sudden shift to remote work: the problem is not with existing work & teams; it is the future of organizations. People stop creating new bonds & become more siloed. Bad for innovation & careers. nature.com/articles/s4156

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Jesse Powell

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This study covers a historically non-remote company’s transition to remote, during an exceptional time when a normally empty home office could be filled with family distractions. The problem isn’t remote work but people and processes which have not adapted. Try remote from day 1.

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Not to mention that the factors that have historically gone into being ‘innovative’ are not the same factors that will go into innovation as time goes on. I love the innovation that is already happening with remote work becoming more ubiquitous!