2020 has been a watershed moment for workplace modernisation across all businesses. It’s accelerated the uptake of many modern ways of working that were already underway in some organisations. Flexible working practices, remote work, and distributed teams are now core topics for business resilience in the new hybrid workplace. “We’ve seen two years of digital transformation in two months.” Satya Nadella, CEO. At Microsoft, we spent the last few months learning from our customers and studying how we’re all adapting to the challenges of today. What’s clear is that we see the world going through three distinct phases: Responding to the immediate impact of COVID-19. Recovering and how organisations are getting back on track and functioning in the new normal. Re-imagining the very nature of their operations through innovations born of necessity from the previous two phases.

https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/industry-blog/en-gb/cross-industry/2020/09/08/hybrid-workplace-innovation-and-growth/