What is the future of distributed work?
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There’s a common misconception about Covid-19: that the virus has sped us from 2020 to 2030 overnight. However, there’s still a kernel of truth to this idea: futurists have long posited that the workplace of tomorrow will be characterised by telecommuting and, indeed, the economy has been forced to embrace this on an unprecedented scale. Right now, a great many companies are practicing “distributed work”, in which everybody is working remotely. But while behaviours have adapted, we are still using the same tools that were available before the pandemic. So, what are the emerging technologies that will transform remote working in years to come?