MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Three Elements for Successful Virtual Working

Our cumulative experience of what makes virtual working succeed, and what gets in its way, can offer valuable insight at this challenging time.

In recent years, millions of people worldwide have adapted to working virtually. In recent weeks, tens of millions have joined them, and more will continue to do so in the coming months.

The lessons from the past — on how to acknowledge and balance the roles of technology, social needs, and work rhythms — are of crucial importance to us now. They can also become catalysts to longer-term change.

About the Author

Lynda Gratton (@lyndagratton) is a professor of management practice at London Business School and director of the school’s HR Strategy in Transforming Organisations program. She is coauthor of The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity (Bloomsbury, 2016).

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