I’ve been a home worker for the past 4 years with some part-time work-from-home for a few years before that even. It took a lot of effort to develop habits that make myself be productive; I’d estimate about 12 months before I developed a consistent rhythm. At this point I feel more productive working predominately from home than an office. Although I’ve met and spoken to a large number of people that have never been able to find
There are a large number of people that I’ve met and spoken to that have never been able to find the work-from-home processes that work for them. In fact, there are far more people that either don’t really work when at home or struggle to be productive from home than those that can pull off the full-time work-from-home efforts.
The only thing anyone can really know about the future of the workplace is that it will be a hybrid of many different productivity philosophies. Everyone is seeking the key to increasing productivity, the answer will likely not be a single answer. Even AI and automation aren’t necessarily a solution in most cases.
So celebrate the home workers today. They are blazing the trail to more diverse answers for how to make companies more productive. The office is a laboratory, let’s see what works.