On: No evidence that chance meetings in office boosts innovation

[king_magic]

Personally, I've always felt the "chance meeting/collaboration/innovation" argument against remote work is total bullshit.

My current fully remote team of the past year is leaps and bounds more collaborative and innovative than any of the in-person teams I've worked with in office environments for most of my 16 year career.

IMO, it's deeply backwards thinking by executives who are scared the world is changing.

[ByteJockey → king_magic]

I don't think it's executives. A lot of executives in large companies don't seem to be in touch enough to really notice if most people went remote.

I always assumed it was middle managers who are worried they can't justify their jobs if they aren't standing over someone's shoulder.

[king_magic → ByteJockey]

Yeah true - I see the same hesitancy at the middle management level too.

[kesselvon → ByteJockey]

The "random encounters" thing is always funny to hear from executives, because they are rarely anywhere but in back-to-back meetings.