as something of a tipping point in the world of work.

作為工作領域的一個轉捩點。

Largely, workers proved to their employers

主要是工人向其僱主證明

that they could get their jobs done from home.

他們可以在家裡完成他們的工作。

So what does the future hold for the office?

那麼，辦公室的未來會怎樣呢？

80% of people who worked from home during the lockdown

80%的人在封鎖期間在家工作。

say they'd like to continue working at least one day from home

說他們希望繼續至少有一天在家工作。

in the future.

在未來。

Meanwhile two out of three of us

同時我們三個人中有兩個人

say that we're longing to return to the office in some form.

說我們渴望以某種形式回到辦公室。

In other words, we want to have our cake and eat it.

換句話說，我們想吃我們的蛋糕。

We want the best parts of the office

我們要的是辦公室裡最好的部分

and the best parts of working from home.

以及在家工作的最佳部分。

The workplace property expert Antony Slumbers

職場地產專家安東尼-斯倫普斯

said no firm ever wanted an office,

說，沒有一家公司想要一個辦公室。

they wanted productive employees

他們希望有生產力的員工

and the office was just one way to create that.

而辦公室只是創造這種方式的一種。

Over the last few years,

在過去的幾年裡。

many companies had moved to open-plan offices.

許多公司都搬到了開放式辦公室。

Well the promise was that we would be let loose

我們說好的是要放我們走的

in vast workplace savannahs,

在廣闊的職場大草原上。

free to meet and bounce ideas off each other.

自由見面，互相交流意見。

In fact, open-plan offices tended to make us feel

事實上，開放式辦公室往往會讓我們感覺到

like we were constantly interrupted

就像我們經常被打斷

and unable to get anything done.

卻又什麼都做不了。

We've realised offices are good for some things.

我們已經意識到辦公室對某些事情是有好處的。

The office had something called 'a network effect'.

辦公室有一種叫做'網絡效應'的東西。

So it's chance encounters,

所以是偶遇。

bumping into colleagues and sharing thoughts just casually,

碰到同事，隨便分享一下想法。

that we're finding so difficult to replace.

我們發現很難取代的。

And there seems to be some pretty good evidence

而且似乎有一些很好的證據

that our best 'aha' moments happen in these chance encounters.

我們最好的 "啊哈 "時刻就發生在這些偶然的相遇中。

Professor Sandy Pentland from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

麻省理工學院的Sandy Pentland教授。

says the reason why these conversations are so effective

說，這些對話之所以如此有效，是因為

is that these are the moments that we don't find ourselves

是這些時刻，我們沒有發現自己。

supervised by our bosses,

在我們老闆的監督下。

we feel free to have honest discussions.

我們可以自由地進行誠實的討論。

So if the office was good for a few things

所以，如果辦公室有幾件事是好的。

and the top one - chatting to colleagues -

和最上面的一個--和同事哈拉--。

is the one we're struggling to replace,

是我們正在努力取代的人。

what's the answer?

答案是什麼？

Maybe your firm will join something that's starting to be called

也許你的公司會加入一些開始被稱為...的東西。

the TW and T Revolution,

的TW和T革命。

where workers work from the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays

週二、週三和週四，工人在辦公室工作。

but from home on Mondays and Fridays.

但週一和週五在家。

And no doubt, in time, someone will come with a catchy name

毫無疑問，到時候會有人起一個好聽的名字的

for people who work like this.

對於這樣工作的人。

Other firms are being still more adventurous,

其他公司還是比較冒進的。

saying they want to free up workers to do their work

說是要讓工人騰出手來幹活。

whenever they feel most productive.

每當他們覺得最有成效的時候。

They're adopting what's being known as asynchronous working.

他們採用的是被稱為異步工作的方式。

When we do something synchronously it means we're coordinated in time,

當我們同步做一件事的時候，就意味著我們在時間上的協調。

like the swimmers at the Olympics.

就像奧運會上的游泳運動員一樣。

Asynchronous work says,

異步工作說。

'how about we allow people to give their feedback or their ideas

"我們允許人們提供他們的反饋或想法，怎麼樣?

whenever they're feeling most inspired?'

每當他們感到最有靈感的時候，'?

Companies who do this

這樣做的公司

say it allows workers the flexibility to take their kids to school

說它允許工人靈活地送孩子上學

or even do leisure activities

甚至休閒

and this is what the asynchronous working firms believe

這就是異步工作公司的信念

will attract the best workers to come to work for them.

會吸引最優秀的工人來為他們工作。

Expect to hear a lot more of the word 'hybrid'.

期待聽到更多的 "混血 "一詞。

At the more adventurous end of hybrid,

在更冒險的混合動力端。

some firms are even talking about only getting their employees together

有些公司甚至說只把員工聚在一起

one week a quarter.

一個季度一個星期。

Meaning that, almost certainly, they don't need an office.

也就是說，幾乎可以肯定，他們不需要辦公室。

...for many office workers, the era of getting up every day

......對於很多上班族來說，每天起床的時代已經過去了。

and going to the same place seems to be a thing of the past.

和去同一個地方似乎是過去的事情。

And the question is...

而問題是...

... will you miss it?

......你會錯過嗎？