In 1965, 0.4% of people said they worked from home and didn't commute; that was 5% in 2019. That's already about a 12 fold increase running up to the eve of the pandemic. The challenge was pre-pandemic hardly anyone did it. So there wasn't really an ecosystem, the technology. It went from 5% to 60% in the space of, you know, a couple of months after the pandemic happened. And it looks like that's where it's ending up now.
In this episode, co-host Michael Chui talks with Nicholas Bloom. Bloom is the William Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. He covers topics including the following:
- The history of remote work
- How remote work can enhance productivity
- What practices make hybrid work most effective
- How the views of employers and employees compare on working remotely
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