HP Innovation Journal Issue 15: Summer 2020 | Page 54
WORK LIFE
WORKING FROM
A ANEW NORMAL
NEW
ARE SHORTER.
BUT WHAT DOES
THE WAY WE WORK
Jared Lindzon
This article
originally appeared
on the Garage by HP.
JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, Erin Bury hated the idea of working
remotely.
The serial entrepreneur, CEO, and self-described extrovert
understood the potential cost and time savings, which is why she
offered flexible work options to her staff. But she’s long felt it just
wasn’t for her.
“I felt like I was missing out on stuff at the office,” says Bury,
who most recently cofounded the online estate-planning platform
Willful with her husband. “I never felt more productive at home.”
Soon after the coronavirus forced her company to go all-remote,
however, she started to notice benefits, like getting to wake up later,
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