Work in a Changing Society

Latent demand for permanent flexible working, including remote working, has been unlocked by the Covid pandemic. However, the demand for more flexibility is in line with bigger changes in the way that people think and the inevitable pressures this brings to work practices that, by standing still, move further and further away from effective and efficient ways of operating.

Work has been changed by technology and globalization, and people have been changed alongside this. Wider changes in society have been accelerated by social media, and these have then led to changes to expectations about work in the past few decades. The Covid pandemic then threw a curveball into the whole picture and turbocharged moves like remote ...

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