Three books you should read as your company embraces hybrid work
Hybrid work has its own challenges and needs a hybrid work design
Yes, most of us are heading slowly back to the office. But only few will go back every day as most companies now adopt a hybrid work strategy. These three books will help you navigate the new normal:
Daniel Coyle: The Culture Code
What qualities make a group of people a successful team? At first glance, Coyle’s answer reads like the a management consultancy’s buzzword bingo: Much has been written in recent years about “psychological safety,” “shared vulnerability” and “purpose”. But Coyle manages to distill actionable advice from these lofty terms and illustrates his book with fascinating stories such as the Christmas Truce in World War I and the legendary BrainTrusts at Pixar. A highly recommended read! Buy on Amazon
Julia Hobsbawm: The Nowhere Office
Can we just go back to the office after two years in the home office, as if nothing had happened? No, says Julia Hobsbawm, and in her short book she deconstructs the office as we know it in order to reinvent it afterwards: not as a place, but a space with a physical and a social form, in which the relationship between work and worker must be renegotiated. Above all, Hobsbawm is convinced that in the future, the office will be only one of many places of work, because actually the office of the future is “nowhere”. A text worth reading, published at exactly the right time. Buy on Amazon
Lynda Gratton: Redesigning Work
After the pandemic, hybrid work is becoming the norm in many companies. This poses new challenges for the organisation of work which Lynda Gratton, professor at the London Business School, describes in this book. In four simple steps — supplemented by practical instructions for implementation — Gratton describes how companies can shape this transformation. Although the method is always the same, Gratton emphasizes that every company will find its own unique way . And she doesn’t forget the special challenges for “frontline workers” who can’t work in a home office. Highly recommended for all practitioners! Buy on Amazon
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