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Oct 2020
26m 32s

Why Work-From-Anywhere Is Here to Stay

Harvard Business Review
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Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, associate professor at Harvard Business School, was studying the growing work-from-anywhere movement long before the Covid-19 pandemic forced many more of us into virtual work. He says that more and more organizations are adopting WFA as a business strategy, one that not only reduces real estate costs but also boosts employee enga ... Show More
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