Cohousing-L Mailing List: No one is talking about the real problem with working from home

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

I think this will probably make the day for cohousingers.

Brief but enlightening article in _Fast Company_ summarizing the surprising 
results of a research study on working in isolation. And the positive effects 
they found — more collaboration, less negative competition, feeling closer, etc.

No one is talking about the real problem with working from home
https://www.fastcompany.com/90579969/no-one-is-talking-about-the-real-problem-with-working-from-home

> We were encouraged to find that almost every intervention leaders used had a 
> positive effect on social capital. Some had a greater effect than others, but 
> most everything produced something. Healthy organizations were those where 
> leaders worked actively to build social capital. When they did, employees 
> were:

> • 60% more likely to respond quickly to requests from each other.
> • Almost three times more likely to give one another the benefit of the doubt 
> when problems occurred.
> • Almost three times more likely to sacrifice their own needs to serve a 
> larger team goal.
> • More than twice as likely to take initiative to solve problems rather than 
> waiting to be told to do so.

> On the flip side, in organizations where leaders have taken no steps to 
> offset the potential alienation of WFH, social capital is diminishing 
> rapidly. The difference between the social capital winners and losers was not 
> distance, but leadership.

I was surprised because I have been feeling the same way. Not so much as a 
product of leadership, although that has been plentiful, but from more 
meaningful and relaxed interaction, and interaction around new activities.

Sharon
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