WLP299 What's Going On: Complex or Simple Collaboration and The Return to the Officespace

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Maya and Pilar discuss the mental health challenges in returning to the office space, the evolution of communication in the workplace and the reasons why many people do not want to work remotely – in Spain and other places.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The set up of a hybrid workplace continues with its challenges. In episode</span> <a href= "https://www.worklifepsych.com/podcast/106/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">106 of My Pocket Psych,</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">guest Dr. Hayley Lewis talked about how she was working with a government organisation whose chief exec wanted to reduce the office space in order to cut down on public spending. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, when she looked into the living conditions of some of the employees, it was clear that asking (or offering) people to work from home would end up with some individuals working in difficult conditions. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While we’re making sure we can have the conversation so that people can work flexibly, there’s also a need to help people speak out when they feel they can’t use their homes for work.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">In any case, saving money by reducing the office space might not be as straight-forward as it looks. According to a set of yet to be released data that Maya’s had access to, to make remote work permanent in some organisations, they will have to invest heavily in IT and cybersecurity, etc. Something they maybe didn’t do during the pandemic.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><strong>09.45 MINS</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The return to the office is bringing some unexpected challen