As I transition from a fully-remote company to a remote position at company that still has offices, I begin to understand the less cynical motives behind the RTO movement.

If you treat remote work as an afterthought, of course you're going to have problems with engagement, mental health, and productivity. Remote work culture must be intentional. I think this is scary for some C-suites, but the benefits are worth it.

Embrace remote culture and you'll reap those benefits.

#remotework #rto

"Diese Klimakrise ist eine Krise fossiler Brennstoffe.
Und das müssen wir deutlich sagen."

"Es ist nicht kompliziert.
Es ist die Verbrennung von Öl.
Es ist die Verbrennung von Gas.
Es ist die Verbrennung von Kohle."

"Jahrzehntelang hat die Ölindustrie jeden einzelnen von uns in diesem Raum für dumm verkauft. Sie haben Politiker gekauft."

"Sie haben die Wissenschaft und grundlegende Informationen, in die sie eingeweiht waren und die sie nicht weitergegeben oder manipuliert haben, geleugnet und verschleppt."

"Ihre jahrzehntelange Täuschung und Verleugnung hat die Bedingungen geschaffen, die wir heute vorfinden."

Glasklar: Kaliforniens Gouverneur Gavin Newsom bei UN #ClimateAmbitionSummit: "Es ist an der Zeit, uns viel klarer auszudrücken...." #UNGA #EndFossilFuels #FastFairForever

Man, if you thought HP's price-gouging and anti-circumvention racket on printer-ink cartridges was bad, here's the #Danaher CEO on how awesome it is to do exactly the same thing but with fast, accurate #tuberculosis tests that identify antibiotic resistance:

"These are razor-blade business models in mission-critical applications."

https://tbfighters.org/

@pluralistic's new book "The Internet Con" is a great backgrounder on the laws that enable this kind of business.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSC06P9A5W4

“… And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.”

“It’s a lot more complicated than that.”

“No. It ain’t. When people say things are more complicated than that, they means they’re getting worried that they won’t like the truth. People as things, that’s where it starts.”

– Terry Pratchett

If you wanted a demonstration that most #managers are more interested in power-over, rather than power-to.... look at the increasing pressure to get staff back to working in the office not #workingfromhome.

Despite good data for many occupations that #WFH is more effective & efficient than being in the office, managers are putting more pressure on staff to work three or more days a week in the office.

They are more interested in power over #workers than power to increase business efficacy!

80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans: ‘A lot of executives have egg on their faces’

"Many companies are realizing they could have been a lot more measured in their approach, rather than making big, bold, very controversial decisions based on executives' opinions rather than employee data."

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/11/80percent-of-bosses-say-they-regret-earlier-return-to-office-plans.html