You used to have to go to the office to get your information, that hasn't been the case for some time now since the Internet. But we still had to go to the office because people were sitting there, that too is changing now. Since corona you don't have to be at work anymore, you could also work from your hammock on the beach. In this podcast, Kilian, affiliated with the Free University, takes us through his views on the work-at-home revolution.

Every employee wants something different

When you ask your people how often they want to work in the office, it goes wrong, Wawoe said. People are different, so each employee has his or her own preferences. The problem is that your employees need each other, but if one of the employees prefers to work at home then you lose that person in the collaboration.

Working from home is a prison life

"Belonging to a group and being taken out of it is something fundamental," Kilian says of working from home. He compares it to going to prison, the very things that are important to people in work are now being taken away from you in part: autonomy, belonging and development.

So how should it be done?

Kilian is coming out with a publication on this topic in November, but if you want to get started now you can. The question you should ask is, "what things do you want to come to the office for?" So it should be a quality question, what should happen in the office that adds value. Kilian gives the example of "rest," when you are at home with children. How to work this out in practice as a company is covered in the podcast.

Links

More about Kilian Wawoe

Harvard Business Review article discussed in the podcast

Contact

Do you have questions or input? Please contact Wendy van Ierschot at wendy@viepeople.com.

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