ABOUT THIS EPISODE
RTO mandates are up 77%. Actual attendance? Up just 2%.
So what's really working in hybrid work—and what's just expensive performance theater?
Brian Elliott (former VP at Slack, Executive Leader of Future Forum, and author of "How the Future Works") joins Jane Young to cut through the noise with data, not opinions.
We dig into:
• Why employee monitoring destroys performance
• The real cost of proximity bias in your organization
• What separates high-performing hybrid teams from struggling ones
• Why "just trust people" fails without the right systems
• Flexibility schedules: the breakthrough nobody's talking about
• How executive visibility bias drives terrible workplace decisions
Brian brings years of research scaling distributed teams through Slack's hypergrowth, plus refreshingly blunt takes on what leaders are getting wrong about the future of work.
If you're questioning your RTO policy, trying to build high-performing distributed teams, or wondering why your hybrid strategy isn't working - this conversation is packed with practical, data-backed answers.
📚 Brian's book: "How the Future Works"
🔗 Future Forum research: futureforumresearch.com
