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The novelty of working remotely, or flexibly, has not worn off for many legal professionals. The mainstreaming of WFH is, for some, an irreversible trend. But are there ways that the office can become a more enticing workspace?
If you’ve been keeping up with our blog, you’ll know we have talked about how law firms can use the pandemic as an opportunity to transform.
Our Transformation Series takes you through some of the details but if you are truly ready for a remote and flexible hybrid workforce, you must read our whitepaper, ‘the Best Whitepaper of 2020’.
The cultural divide between working at the office and resting at home is relatively young. For most of human history, people worked from home, with many companies meeting clients in luxurious homes as late as the 19th century.
Amidst the nightmare of the pandemic, there is one small, special gift to law firms: a swift kick up the backside on remote and flexible work.
We see law firms standing on the precipice of an entirely new way of working. And firms that seize the opportunity to transform and ride the wave of change will sail far ahead of those who don’t.
While all businesses are keen to get things ‘back to normal’, some law firms will not be rushing their people back to the physical office.
Missing from much the current commentary about return to work is the option to make a pragmatic and level headed decision to delay widespread changes to office environments and instead, simply keep staff who can work from home, at home.
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