The New Way To Work: Punctuated Collaboration

In punctuated collaboration, we only get together (IRL or virtually) when it’s crucial to advancing our work—and we seize the chance to make significant progress on our solo work in between those meetings.

In the best-case version of hybrid work, you might go back to the office one or two days a week—maybe even three, if your work is highly collaborative. When you’re face-to-face in the office, your days are packed with meetings: team meetings, project huddles, all-hands or interdepartmental catch-ups, one-on-ones with bosses, and check-ins with direct reports or closest colleagues.