Intentional Insights

To seize a competitive advantage, you need to adopt virtual brainstorming for hybrid and remote teams. That's the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which shares best practices for virtual brainstorming for innovation advantage.

For creating competitive advantage in the new normal, forward-looking leaders need to let go of their preferences for in-office work. They need to adopt a hybrid-first model for most staff, and support full-time remote work for a minority. That's the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes how to create competitive advantage in returning to the office.

The future of work will reward those who adopt best practices for an innovation advantage, and penalize those who do not. To seize a competitive advantage, you need to adopt virtual brainstorming for hybrid and remote teams.

Employers must recognize the challenges from the initial COVID outbreak and avoid mental blindspots as Delta and other variants emerge. That's the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes the dangers of denying reality in returning to the office during the Delta surge.

Employers must recognize the challenges from initial experience on the COVID outbreak. This will prevent entrapment with mental blindspots, as Delta and other variants emerge, turning their back on their employees.

Employers must modify their hybrid office space to meet the changed needs of employees. They will do mostly collaborative work in the office while doing their individual tasks at home. That's the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes how to redefine hybrid office space to boost employee productivity.

The best practice on the return to office plan involves a team-led hybrid-first model with some fully remote options. That means empowering lower-level team leaders to choose the work arrangement that best serves their team’s needs. That's the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes a team-led approach for the best return to office plan.

Employers must devise effective modifications of hybrid office spaces. Employees’ work requirements have changed. They will do mostly collaborative work in the office while doing their individual tasks at home.

In planning the return to the office, leaders can fall prey to dangerous judgment errors which can cause them to wrongly assess their employees’ needs. That's the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes why so many leaders screw up the return to the office.

Protect yourself from poor COVID-related decisions by being aware of cognitive biases -- particularly the normalcy bias, attentional bias, and planning fallacy -- and making strategic plans that can prevent your gut reactions from taking over.