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Summer School 5: Tech and the innovator's dilemma

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Remote work and hybrid work require deliberate management in order to be successful. Companies cannot simply adopt a hybrid model without considering how to effectively navigate this new way of working. Virtual interaction limits cognitive processes due to the focus on screens. To improve remote and hybrid work, organizations need to go beyond just announcing their hybrid initiatives and proactively manage their workforce. Technological advancements may be embraced, but changing behavioral patterns is a challenge. Convincing customers to not only switch products but also change their habits is difficult.

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The research keeps coming in on remote work on when it works and when it doesn't. When you're interacting virtually, you're being forced to kind of focus your gaze on a screen. And that limits a little bit of your cognitive processes. So how to do remote work and hybrid work better? Companies can't just say, oh, we're going to be hybrid and stop there. They need to think about this and manage a hybrid workforce in a more deliberate way.
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People love to think of themselves as technologically savvy. We're not stuck in the past. We love to try new things. And yet, think of all the things that you do every day out of habit. Tying your shoes, even though Velcro is better, using a knife when the chopomatic 2000 can do it faster. It's hard to convince a customer to not just change the product they use, but to change the way they behave in the world. Here at Summer School,

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