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The Future of Professional Firms Post-Pandemic
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The Future of Professional Firms Post-Pandemic

Karl Moore
Forbes, 2021
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As co-host of the podcast Empson & Morley: Leading Professional People, Laura Empson does a lot of thinking about work culture. Her roles as senior research fellow at Harvard Law School and professor at the Bayes Business School at University of London only multiply her insights. Still, when asked about how COVID-19 will influence work culture in the long term, she says, “No one knows yet.” In this article, Empson goes on to describe some of the benefits and possible pitfalls of the remote work revolution.

Take-Aways

  • The switch to remote work has two main motivations: greater flexibility for employees, and cost-saving for employers.
  • Going 100% remote will have consequences for a company’s culture, particularly as it relates to mentorship.
  • Remote work impairs development of professional identity.

About the Author

Karl Moore is a professor in the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. He’s taught executive education and MBA programs at Oxford, McGill, USC, Stanford, Harvard Business School, INSEAD, IMD, LBS, Duke, Cambridge and Darden.

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