In this world of hybrid work, how to build and maintain long-lasting and impactful relationships at your company can be a head-scratcher of a question.

The Culture Kit hosts, Jenny Chatman and Sameer Srivastava, are here to help. On today’s episode, they’re answering a question from HubSpot CEO Yamini Rangan about how to keep employees connected whether they’re at home or in the office.

1. Engage – connect people to the broader culture through meaningful shared experiences.
2. Expand – make those shared activities opportunities to broaden their networks within the organization.
3. Experiment – be open to new ways of creating connection, while also being willing to drop bad ideas and adjust over time.

• Our Work-from-Anywhere Future [Harvard Business Review]
• Work-from-anywhere: The productivity effects of geographic flexibility [Strategic Management Journal]
• The Future of WFH [2024 Culture Connect Conference slides – Nick Bloom]
• Does Working From Home Work? Evidence from a Chinese Experiment [NBER]
• The effects of remote work on collaboration among information workers [Nature Human Behavior]
• When choice is demotivating: Can one desire too much of a good thing? [Journal of Personality and Social Psychology]
• How to Build Your Network [Harvard Business Review]
• In the Changing Role of the Office, It’s All about Moments That Matter [Microsoft]
• How Working from Home Boosted Golf
• Case Study: How Visa taps into volunteering to keep its hybrid workforce engaged [TLNT]
• Is Commitment Getting Infected Too? How COVID-19 Stay-Home Orders Influence Workgroup Commitment
• The Ritual Effect
• Remote Work Revolution

Do you have a vexing question about work that you want Jenny and Sameer to answer? Submit your “Fixit Ticket!”

You can learn more about the podcast and the Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation at https://haas.berkeley.edu/culture/culture-kit-podcast/.

*The Culture Kit with Jenny & Sameer is a production of Haas School of Business and is produced by University FM.*