With data from the latest Future Forum Pulse survey showing that women, parents and minority ethnic groups are spending the least amount of time in the office, leaders must act swiftly to guard against inequality in hybrid workplaces.
The data from this latest Pulse survey demonstrates that knowledge workers—and in particular minority ethnic groups, working mothers, and women—are thriving with the rise of newfound location and schedule flexibility.
The “remote versus office” debate is over; the future of work is hybrid. But with executives, white knowledge workers, men, and non-parents opting into in-office work at higher rates, leaders who hope to retain top talent and maintain diversity must act swiftly and deliberately to counter the forces of proximity bias. If they don’t, they risk further entrenching structural inequality along racial and gender lines.
What’s the best way to navigate this situation?