Work It Podcast: Is flexible work shaping the office of the future?

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Jump to these key moments:

• 2:07 Studying work from home trends
• 7:36 What will flexible work arrangements look like?
• 11:53 Ways to assess renumeration
• 14:24 Satellite offices
• 20:03 AMA: New to the company but feeling unwelcome?

With new guidelines for flexible work arrangement requests kicking in by the end of the year, how can living and working spaces change to make hybrid work more accessible for all?

Associate Professor Lilian Chee from the National University of Singapore and Associate Professor Ada Wong from the Singapore University of Social Sciences share their research.

Two parents work from home as their child plays in the foreground. (Photo: iStock/monzenmachi)
Associate Professor Ada Wong on who benefits the most in work from home arrangements:

We were expecting that maybe work from home benefits will be more significant on the female gender ... But actually we found no significant difference because it seems that our gender equality is achieving some significant improvement now.

Associate Professor Lilian Chee on challenges in creating satellite offices nearer homes:

One of the largest problems to overcome is money. Who is going to finance this ... To provide infrastructure means more than just space to work ... there needs to be other inspiring infrastructure which will (allow you to) rest and then go back to work.

This podcast episode is in partnership with the inaugural Ideas Festival. You can find out more at www.ideasfestival.edu.sg

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