Is Now the Time for a Work-From-Home Reset?
Some considerations about your remote working environment
Just over 9,000 days ago I entered 37 Fitzroy Square, London and sat at an office desk for the first time. 380 days ago I entered the iconic Cheesegrater building and sat at an office desk for the last time. I hope it won’t be the very last but it’s clear I won’t be back until mid-2021 at the soonest. Ignoring a project I did many years ago with night-shift supermarket workers, this is the longest by far I’ve not worked in an office.
When the UK, and much of the rest of the world, went into “lockdown” back in March/April 2020 it all seemed rather temporary. Of the many millions conducting our work interactions via email and Zoom, most took a short-term approach to our workspace — sometimes through limited choice, sometimes through natural inertia. Sure, a new mouse, or a monitor, but still just stuck in the same corner or on the dining room table.
As the work from home extended we entered the summer months with the siren song of working outside or, as in my case, spending large parts of the day on calls while walking. Thus no real reason to adjust.
Now here we are a year later. Spring finally returning and people still in a form of denial that this has gone on for a year. But, quite clearly, many…
