Excerpt from Fast Company
Our team has been working from home for over two months, and I’ve been stunned to observe how well the model is working. I’d like to attribute its success to Kind’s uniquely entrepreneurial culture, and I do believe this is playing a role in sustaining high levels of productivity, teamwork, and ingenuity. And other company leaders assure me we are not alone. They tell me that, generally speaking, their teams are working hard and nothing has fallen apart. Many of us are questioning whether an office culture is necessary.
Maybe there are even benefits to this new remote work setup. At Kind, some team members deal with five-hour round-trip commutes to our office each day. Not only is this detrimental to their health, sanity, and our environment, but it also cuts into their productivity or time with family. The smooth transition into our new work-from-home normal tells me there must be room to improve and rejigger these suboptimal scenarios of old…