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Dec 2023
38m 23s

The Future of the Office: The Hard Choic...

CHRIS RAINEY
About this episode

In this episode of the HR Leaders podcast, I'm joined by Peter Cappelli, Wharton Management Professor, to discuss The Future of the Office: the Hard Choices We All Face.


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Episode highlights

00:00 - Episode highlight

01:30 - Peter's background

03:10 - Workplace shifts in the 1980s

06:30 - Entering an interesting period for HR

08:20 - Failing to plan for post-pandemic offices

10:40 - Rethinking necessity of in-person collaboration

13:30 - Accounting rules driving poor talent decisions

16:40 - Need for HR business case of turnover costs

18:50 - CEOs balancing investor metrics with people outcomes

22:20 - Overcoming barriers to people analytics

24:30 - Progress needing data integration solutions

26:40 - Potential for workforce insights with clean data

29:00 - Improving post-pandemic work experiences

31:20 - Remote work genie won't go back in bottle

34:10 - Forcing strict in-office rules risks talent loss

36:40 - Summary and concluding thoughts


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