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For his recently published book, Beyond Hybrid Working, Andy Lake has dived into the research on the impacts of flexible working – in particular ‘remote working’ – on productivity and on the environment. His findings are also informed by data from his 25+ years working with organisations to change and evaluate their ways of working.

In this video, Andy’s approach goes beyond the sometimes tribal ‘home versus office’ debates that tend to colour the claims for negative or positive impacts in these two key areas.

Instead he sets out ways to embrace complexity, looking at the range of factors and dependencies that make a difference to productivity and sustainability across all the locations in the extended workplace. En route, he also tackles the question ‘what is productivity anyway?’ (the easy one!), and sets a challenge for researchers in this field.

The presentation was filmed at the Workplace Trends Research Summit in April 2024. Check their website for future conferences and learning events.