Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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.
The Culture Kit hosts, Jenny Chatman and Sameer Srivastava, are here to help. On today’s episode, they’re answering a question from HubSpot CEO Yamini Rangan about how to keep employees connected whether they’re at home or in the office.
Do you have a vexing question about work that you want Jenny and Sameer to answer? Submit your “Fixit Ticket!” 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 & Sameer’s 3 Main Takeaways:
1. Engage – connect people to the broader culture through meaningful shared experiences.
2. Expand – make those shared activities opportunities to broaden their networks within the organization.
3. Experiment – 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 (hbr.org/2020/11/our-work-from-anywhere-future) [Harvard Business Review]
• Work-from-anywhere: The productivity effects of geographic flexibility (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smj.3251) [Strategic Management Journal]
• The Future of WFH (dropbox.com/scl/fi/q7uajc7ly2fvltxkas2nk/Berkeley.pdf?rlkey=vmf6uvskfhukcvy40ysloy651&dl=0) [2024 Culture Connect Conference slides – Nick Bloom]
• Does Working From Home Work? Evidence from a Chinese Experiment (nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w18871/w18871.pdf) [NBER]
• The effects of remote work on collaboration among information workers (nature.com/articles/s41562-021-01196-4) [Nature Human Behavior]
• When choice is demotivating: Can one desire too much of a good thing? (psycnet.apa.org/record/2000-16701-012) [Journal of Personality and Social Psychology]
• How to Build Your Network (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, It’s All about Moments That Matter (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 (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 (osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/mhqbv)
• The Ritual Effect (simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ritual-Effect/Michael-Norton/9781982153021)
• Remote Work Revolution (tsedal.com/book/remote-work-revolution/)
Do you have a vexing question about work that you want Jenny and Sameer to answer? Submit your “Fixit Ticket (docs.google.com/forms/d/1c6kSlpzNd_xvfyH_sg8hfBQC5ZGXML8gmJr7O3ThROI/edit) !”
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.*
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.
The Culture Kit hosts, Jenny Chatman and Sameer Srivastava, are here to help. On today’s episode, they’re answering a question from HubSpot CEO Yamini Rangan about how to keep employees connected whether they’re at home or in the office.
Do you have a vexing question about work that you want Jenny and Sameer to answer? Submit your “Fixit Ticket!” 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 & Sameer’s 3 Main Takeaways:
1. Engage – connect people to the broader culture through meaningful shared experiences.
2. Expand – make those shared activities opportunities to broaden their networks within the organization.
3. Experiment – 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 (hbr.org/2020/11/our-work-from-anywhere-future) [Harvard Business Review]
• Work-from-anywhere: The productivity effects of geographic flexibility (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smj.3251) [Strategic Management Journal]
• The Future of WFH (dropbox.com/scl/fi/q7uajc7ly2fvltxkas2nk/Berkeley.pdf?rlkey=vmf6uvskfhukcvy40ysloy651&dl=0) [2024 Culture Connect Conference slides – Nick Bloom]
• Does Working From Home Work? Evidence from a Chinese Experiment (nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w18871/w18871.pdf) [NBER]
• The effects of remote work on collaboration among information workers (nature.com/articles/s41562-021-01196-4) [Nature Human Behavior]
• When choice is demotivating: Can one desire too much of a good thing? (psycnet.apa.org/record/2000-16701-012) [Journal of Personality and Social Psychology]
• How to Build Your Network (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, It’s All about Moments That Matter (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 (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 (osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/mhqbv)
• The Ritual Effect (simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ritual-Effect/Michael-Norton/9781982153021)
• Remote Work Revolution (tsedal.com/book/remote-work-revolution/)
Do you have a vexing question about work that you want Jenny and Sameer to answer? Submit your “Fixit Ticket (docs.google.com/forms/d/1c6kSlpzNd_xvfyH_sg8hfBQC5ZGXML8gmJr7O3ThROI/edit) !”
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.*
