A 2024 study of S&P 500 firms found that companies often mandated a return to the office after stock prices fell—hoping in-person work would spark productivity and improve financial performance. But is that really working? Experts offer their insights, opinions, and advice here.

Invest in Systems, Not Just Office Space

Return to office mandates are making the rounds again. The reasons most often given are collaboration, innovation, and productivity.

The truth is, if those outcomes are the real goal, they will not happen just by getting people back in the same building. Where people sit matters far less than how they are set up to work. Too often, RTO is rolled out without any meaningful investment in the systems, tools, processes, and environments that make collaboration and innovation

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