What potential obstacles might companies face when implementing full-time remote work and how could they overcome them?

Companies might face several obstacles when implementing full-time remote work. These include maintaining productivity, fostering innovation, building relationships, and ensuring accountability. The lack of physical presence can make these aspects challenging. However, companies can overcome these obstacles by leveraging technology to facilitate communication and collaboration. Regular virtual meetings, project management tools, and digital platforms for brainstorming can help maintain productivity and innovation. Building relationships and ensuring accountability can be achieved through regular check-ins, feedback sessions, and clear expectations. Companies can also support employees by reallocating resources, such as offering grocery debit cards instead of office snacks.

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The open question is whether technology can disperse work without sacrificing innovation and productivity. Ideas emerge from serendipitous conversations, and presence is key to fostering accountability and building relationships. However, presence is costly in terms of real estate, commute and other costs. As of June 2020, 82% of corporate leaders plan to allow remote working some of the time, and 47% intend to offer full-time remote work going forward. Companies need to think of creative ways to support employees. Reduce office snack spends and offer monthly grocery debit cards.

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