The Nowhere Office

With over 70% of the office workforce of the world saying they want to return to work in a hybrid way, what will happen to presenteeism and the management associated with the old 9-5? We talk to the world’s leading expert on the shift to hybrid, Professor Lynda Gratton of London Business School, and discuss it with Polly Mackenzie, head of think tank Demos and Emma Jacobs of the Financial Times. Plus we hear from Andrew St George about the history of – what else – the Desk Diary and from author Sathnam Sanghera on his working life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this first programme we look at the future of the office post pandemic and ask: Are we somewhere or nowhere? Presenters Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern discuss the risks and rewards of remote working and hybrid working with the workplace strategist Neil Usher, and the legendary management writer Charles Handy gives us an exclusive radio interview. In addition we hear about the working life of Justine Lutterodt, founder of the Centre for Synchronous Leadership, and workplace historian Dr Andrew St George gives us a short history of the typewriter. And Editorial Intelligence production. Find out more at www.editorialintelligence.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Nowhere Office is a new podcast looking at the future of work and workplace in the post-pandemic world presented by the business and management writers Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern and featuring interviews and discussions around where and when we work – and why and how. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices