Five years after the pandemic reshaped where and how we work, where have we actually landed?

In this episode, Ben sits down with Nick Bloom, professor of economics at Stanford and the world's leading researcher on remote and hybrid work. Drawing on surveys of hundreds of thousands of workers across many countries,Nick unpacks what the data actually shows about productivity, innovation, and the future of the office.

Topics covered:

• Where work-from-home rates have settled since the pandemic peak
• Why culture, not technology, explains why some countries went back to the office while others didn't
• The "personal trainer effect": why being in the same room still matters for concentration and collaboration
• Why forcing people back five days a week drives up attrition by a third and costs fir ...