Dr Pavan Soni

How to Make Hybrid Work a Success, According to Science

A study of 20 million research articles published between 1960 and 2020, and 4 million patent applications submitted between 1976 and 2020, around the globe suggests that although remote collaborators benefit from greater collective knowledge, such teams are less likely to be creative, and are better suited to making incremental progress. While remote teams are more adept at technical tasks, in-person teams are better at conceptualizing new ideas. For instance, when the collaboration distance increased from 0 kilometres to more than 600 kilometres, the probability of disruption fell by about 20%. It could happen that remote collaboration and the lack of sporadic in-person encounters could be reinforcing hierarchies, leading to lesser creativity. Video-conferencing can be a resort here.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-make-hybrid-work-a-success-according-to-science/

scientificamerican.com

How to Make Hybrid Work a Success, according to Science

Researchers are studying how to maximize creativity and connection in remote and hybrid work settings