BM- "But what about the water coolers?!"
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/going-back-office-full-time-biggest-mistake-companies-chris-herd
A few morsels:
"When two workers are on different floors of the same building they communicate by picking up the phone, Slacking one another, or sending an email."
"I still buy coffee and lunch. Actually, I buy a lot more of both. The difference being I buy it locally, not from a faceless chain on the high street."
"This is a replay of brick and mortar retail vs. eCommerce. Initially, everyone thought stores would win because nobody would buy things online."
"...younger generations are used to building relationships online. We learn in ways these white-haired have no idea about."
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/office-space/is-going-to-the-office-a-broken-way-of-working
"The arrival of personal computers in the nineteen-nineties, followed by the spread of high-speed Internet in the two-thousands, upended this status quo by obviating the need for individuals to be in the same building to collaborate or access information."