What does work really look like when it happens not just in offices, but across living rooms, coffee shops, and Zoom calls? And could that shift make us rethink the value of the workplace more profoundly than ever?

Ranya Nehmeh is a senior HR strategist, lecturer, and co-author with Wharton professor Peter Cappelli of In Praise of the Office: The Limits to Hybrid and Remote Work. Drawing on years of research and frontline HR experience at global institutions, she tells Georgina Godwin why remote work flourished at first, why hybrid has proven so difficult, and what we lose when the office disappears from daily life.

As organisations struggle with culture, collaboration, and career development in a dispersed world, Ranya makes a bold case for the enduring power of the office — while offering a clear-eyed view of when remote work truly works best.

Recorded at Here East, this edition of Visionary asks: in the age of hybrid work, how do we build workplaces that work for all of us?

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