Not just the office: the changing work

The preference for the hybrid model also emerges from Accenture's report “The Future of Work: Productive Anywhere” recently published by Il Sole 24 Ore. Conducted in March on a sample of over 9,300 employees on an international scale and in different sectors, the study also shows that 40% of the interviewees believe they can be productive and satisfied whether they carry out their profession completely remotely, or physically in their company or following a hybrid model.

The primary goal of those who want to work even remotely is to better reconcile personal life and work. Furthermore, they want to reduce the problems associated with commuting. In this scenario, therefore, the return to the office is not seen in a negative way, but what is asked and that many companies also consider positive is to implement a hybrid formula, in which remote work is reconciled with company dynamics.

Irreversible model

Not all companies and not all businesses will be able to apply hybrid models, but the largest and most digitized ones will certainly be able to make progress. According to the Smart working Observatory of the Politecnico di Milano, in fact, this formula is “now irreversible” and in large companies there will be a consolidation and extension of agile work. The near future, therefore, will be characterized by better flexibility. Not only. In this context, technological solutions are fundamental, especially since a scenario is envisaged in which the “cloud”, that is the IT cloud in which to store data, will greatly facilitate the new forms of agile or hybrid activity. Just think of everything that was done before when physically visiting a customer and of the modern forms of meetings on the Zoom, Teams and more platforms, to show how much time and effort can save companies.

"Investing in training is the only possible solution, because this time there is the health of companies at risk: companies that do not implement hybrid work and true smart working will lose their workers - starting with the most talented - putting them at risk growth and stability of the company itself. The LinkedIn research, on the other hand, is clear: already a quarter of workers, among those called back to the office, have asked for flexibility of days and hours: to allow people to overcome the contrast between work and private life and to help workers develop a true "Life Balance" and "Wellbeing" will enter, on a par with salary, among the things that will allow companies to attract and retain talented people ”, concludes Alessandro Rimassa, founder of Radical Har and curator of the research carried out for LinkedIn.