Working Assumptions
Conferences Are Back, But With a Twist
The urge to do business again is being amplified by a desire to do so offsite and is bringing innovation to the conference genre.
The exhibition floor at a conference in Toronto.
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Forget for a moment the ongoing debates about hybrid working and haggling over how many days need to be spent back in the office.
Yes, anchor days (when a whole team is mandated to be onsite) are useful and of course salaries approaching $1 million make five days a week back in the office more appealing (call it a presenteeism premium). These office hours arguments are predicated on the working assumption that wherever you work you need to be indoors for a prolonged period of time, say eight hours.