MIT Sloan Management Review Article on What Space Missions Can Teach Us About Remote Work

After almost two years of working from home, the writing is on the wall for office arrangements: Remote work in some permutation is here to stay.

But the home-work environment continues to be muddled with challenges. It presents extended periods of labor in what are often confined spaces, a tight integration of overlapping personal and professional time, and limited physical social interactions with colleagues. Many people have reported losing their basic sense of when days begin and end: In a survey in the U.K., more than 80% of the respondents said they experienced changes to their perception of time during the coronavirus pandemic. The absence of a clear transition from weekdays at the office to weekends at home has been disorienting.

About the Author

Tanusree Jain (@tanusreejain) is an assistant professor of business at Trinity Business School at the University of Dublin’s Trinity College. Louis Brennan is a professor in business studies at Trinity Business School, a fellow of Trinity College, and coauthor of Above and Beyond: Exploring the Business of Space (Routledge, 2018).

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