🎓 Validating Harvard data and Love Home Swap

Good Morning,

Last week, the Harvard Magazine wrote about a study that closely tracked employees with differing levels of in-office and remote work schedules.

Those in hybrid work arrangements were most efficient, sending more emails to more people than those in-office and those working from home.

This eased fears that employees would be less productive or develop fewer connections with colleagues in a hybrid environment.

They also performed "better in generating novel and useful information," AND had higher levels of job satisfaction, for the cherry on top.

Another study we've mentioned, run by Nick Bloom at Stanford, found similar results; organizations had the best overall outcomes when workers were hybrid.

With top researchers in the country agreeing on this topic, it looks very likely that the future of work for most of America's knowledge workers will be hybrid.

We introduced you to Nomad List last week; this time we're showcasing Love Home Swap, another innovative site for traveling remote workers.

It's an award-winning platform with an obvious purpose: let people temporarily swap homes.

It can facilitate home swaps between two parties, but it can also allow for "swaps" that result in credits that are valid for any homes on the platform, giving users lots of travel flexibility. Read more about how it works here.

One underrated benefit of working from home is the ability to be active or stretch without drawing attention from all of your colleagues.

Notably, if your back gets stiff, you can just drop down and use a foam roller on the spot - it's an awesome relief.

I've tried a few different foam rollers but the Chirp Wheel has been my favorite lately. Here's a link to the one I use, but there are several variations; check them out to see if another version might be best for you.

Sending this from my home office for the first time in a month. Where are you working from this week?

Cheers,
Grant