During the Covid pandemic, thousands of organisations around the world were forced to switch to full-time remote working in a bid to curtail the spread of the disease. While this measure was initially intended to be temporary, the experience turned out to be a resounding success for those organisations who’d previously never dreamt of allowing their staff to work away from the office. Many even declared that they would retain hybrid working on a permanent basis, recognising the long-term advantages that doing so could provide for employee satisfaction and productivity. Others went further still, telling workers that they’d never need to return to the office again, and could carry out their role from home on a full-time basis instead – think Twitter under Jack Dorsey, Deloitte, or Shopify.