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Sep 2021
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Should We All Be Returning to the Office...

Fast Company
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On this week's episode, Kate Davis talks to Fast Company contributor Gwen Moran about who should--and shouldn't--return to the office.

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The New Way We Work is produced by Joshua Christensen.


For more on the return to the office:

https://www.fastcompany.com/90655710/the-unspoken-reasons-employees-dont-want-remote-work-to-end


https://www.fastcompany.com/90652534/employees-say-these-4-things-can-ease-the-transition-back-to-the-office


https://www.fastcompany.com/90648555/6-pandemic-work-habits-we-shouldnt-lose-in-our-new-normal


https://www.fastcompany.com/90641007/6-ways-to-reduce-anxiety-about-going-back-to-the-office


https://www.fastcompany.com/90643759/we-still-need-conference-rooms-heres-what-they-should-look-like-post-pandemic

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