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Were you cheering for Belinda to get that bag in the #WhiteLotus finale đźđ°? What about MBA student Zion flexing his dealmaking skills? đŞđ #BerkeleyHaas Professor Don Moore breaks down this ethically fraught negotiation scene.







![Episode 2: How to Keep Hybrid Workers Connected to the Mission
In this world of hybrid work, how to build and maintain long-lasting and impactful relationships at your company can be a head-scratcher of a question.Â
The Culture Kit hosts, Jenny Chatman and Sameer Srivastava, are here to help. On todayâs episode, theyâre answering a question from HubSpot CEO Yamini Rangan about how to keep employees connected whether theyâre at home or in the office.
Do you have a vexing question about work that you want Jenny and Sameer to answer? Submit your âFixit Ticket!â at https://forms.gle/mxt7gBpRFqy4e52z5.
Find the full transcript and learn more about the podcast at: https://haas.berkeley.edu/culture/culture-kit-podcast/.
Jenny & Sameerâs 3 Main Takeaways:
1. Engage â connect people to the broader culture through meaningful shared experiences.
2. Expand â make those shared activities opportunities to broaden their networks within the organization.
3. Experiment â be open to new ways of creating connection, while also being willing to drop bad ideas and adjust over time.Show Links:
⢠Our Work-from-Anywhere Future (https://hbr.org/2020/11/our-work-from-anywhere-future) [Harvard Business Review]
⢠Work-from-anywhere: The productivity effects of geographic flexibility (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smj.3251) [Strategic Management Journal]
⢠The Future of WFH (https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q7uajc7ly2fvltxkas2nk/Berkeley.pdf?rlkey=vmf6uvskfhukcvy40ysloy651&dl=0) [2024 Culture Connect Conference slides â Nick Bloom]
⢠Does Working From Home Work? Evidence from a Chinese Experiment (https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w18871/w18871.pdf) [NBER]
⢠The effects of remote work on collaboration among information workers (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-021-01196-4) [Nature Human Behavior]
⢠When choice is demotivating: Can one desire too much of a good thing? (https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2000-16701-012) [Journal of Personality and Social Psychology]
⢠How to Build Your Network (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brian-Uzzi/publication/7434264_How_to_build_your_network/links/5eab3f4992851cb2676913d5/How-to-build-your-network.pdf) [Harvard Business Review]
⢠In the Changing Role of the Office, Itâs All about Moments That Matter (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/in-the-office-it-is-all-about-moments-that-matter/) [Microsoft]
⢠How Working from Home Boosted Golf (https://nbloom.people.stanford.edu/sites/g/files/sbiybj24291/files/media/file/golfingfromhome.pdf)
⢠Case Study: How Visa taps into volunteering to keep its hybrid workforce engaged (https://www.tlnt.com/articles/case-study-how-visa-taps-into-volunteering-to-keep-its-hybrid-workforce-engaged-volunteering-to-keep-its-hybrid-workforce-engaged) [TLNT]
⢠Is Commitment Getting Infected Too? How COVID-19 Stay-Home Orders Influence Workgroup Commitment (https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/mhqbv)
⢠The Ritual Effect (https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ritual-Effect/Michael-Norton/9781982153021)
⢠Remote Work Revolution (https://www.tsedal.com/book/remote-work-revolution/)
Do you have a vexing question about work that you want Jenny and Sameer to answer? Submit your âFixit Ticket (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1c6kSlpzNd_xvfyH_sg8hfBQC5ZGXML8gmJr7O3ThROI/edit) !âÂ
You can learn more about the podcast and the Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation at https://haas.berkeley.edu/culture/culture-kit-podcast/.
*The Culture Kit with Jenny & Sameer is a production of Haas School of Business and is produced by University FM.* Episode 2: How to Keep Hybrid Workers Connected to the Mission](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Jna11ERpoa8/mqdefault.jpg)


