# The Hybrid Workforce: A Tale of Two Halves?

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- [By Akash Savdharia](https://www.getbridge.com/author/akash-savdharia/)
- Learning Management System
- January 19, 2021

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Hybrid working is increasing and our attitudes towards it are shifting to becoming much more positive.

### When it comes to hybrid working – part-time in the workplace and part-time remotely – you could say that coronavirus has enabled a great big experiment.

We’ll put our hands up and admit the data is somewhat jumbled and a little premature at the moment. Anyone attempting to make accurate predictions is still hampered by the surprising twists and turns of living through a pandemic. However, there is a common element to the data: hybrid working is increasing and our attitudes towards it are shifting to becoming much more positive.

Albeit messed up by new Covid variants and winter imposing new Covid restrictions across much of Europe, one study revealed that by February 2021 [55% of employers expected a hybrid working model for their workforce](https://www.onrec.com/news/statistics/a-new-working-era-over-half-of-staff-set-to-work-in-hybrid-model). A [Gartner study revealed that 82% of employers intend to allow at least some remote working in the longer term](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2020-07-14-gartner-survey-reveals-82-percent-of-company-leaders-plan-to-allow-employees-to-work-remotely-some-of-the-time).

It’s not just about convenience. It makes business sense. A [study of 260 senior executives](https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2020/11/11/the-future-of-work-the-hybrid-workforce/) showed that remote workers “significantly improved” their productivity. What’s more, employees will even [take a pay cut](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/survey-of-working-adults-shows-us-employees-willing-to-take-pay-cut-for-workplace-flexibility-128877868.html) if their employer offers flexible working options.

In short – we’ve seen the awesomeness of remote working and now we want to harness its benefits alongside the benefits of a unified workforce.

#### **Two Workplaces, One Workforce**

In very basic terms, this gives us two workplaces amongst our workforce: the home and the work site.

Traditionally, even in the most flexible and forward-thinking organisations, these were seen as two distinct arenas. Home working was about head-down undisturbed independent concentration with a side order of ‘doing the employee a favour’. Office working was about collaboration and team projects whilst maintaining direct supervision. And the two didn’t really mix.

If we’re going to have a hybrid model moving forwards, we need to blur the lines. We cannot divide the operations and approach of our workforces like this. We need the hybrid model to be consistent in both arenas to the degree that they seamlessly become one. If the shift is here to stay, we need to learn and apply new approaches which bring out the benefits of remote working and the benefits of onsite working, while creating a cohesive overall workforce.

Core to this is technology. Indeed, it’s the right technology which gives the workforce the business ‘centre’ that was once a physical location. Taking cybersecurity for granted for a moment, it is technological platforms that will enable organisations to have one central virtual workplace. Utilising this whether a whole team is physically in the same place or dispersed around the globe, will ensure consistency, efficiency and productivity, regardless of where people are.

#### **We Have to Be One**

What’s vital now, whilst the pandemic is still doing its thing around us, is to embrace the future and move towards acceptance that we’re not just treading water, waiting to get back to how things were before.

Instead, we need to take the present time as an excellent training ground for learning how to make our hybrid workforce one single workforce for the future. We need to prioritise the introduction of technology to enable dispersed teams to truly collaborate, develop and grow, whilst promoting uptake and usage of that technology for all employees.

A hybrid workforce needs to be a connected and centralised workforce. Technology makes that happen.

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Akash Savdharia is a high-growth product executive and SaaS product leadership expert with over 15 years of experience at the intersection of AI, Human Capital Management (HCM), and corporate learning. As the Bridge Talent Suite architect, he oversees the vision and execution of next-generation tools that help global enterprises transition into skills-based organizations. A vocal advocate for the skills-first revolution, Akash regularly consults with Forbes’s Global 2000 companies on shifting from rigid job descriptions to fluid skills-based architectures. Akash has also sat on an HR.com advisory board for expert insights on succession, internal mobility, and career development. Akash’s career is defined by his ability to solve complex, data-driven problems through technology. He’s widely recognized as an L&D thought leader for his work in pioneering AI-powered talent marketplaces and revolutionizing how companies approach internal mobility and employee retention. He was a first-mover in the AI-for-HR space. As the co-founder and CEO of Patheer, he developed one of the industry’s first AI-powered talent marketplaces. In 2020, Patheer was acquired by Learning Technologies Group (LTG).

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