What the Next Decade of Work Looks Like
Fewer meetings, smaller teams, more accountability
The remote-versus-office debate consumed five years and settled very little.\n\n## The real shift\n\nThe more consequential change is structural: teams are smaller, ownership is broader, and output is measured closer to the customer.
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