BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kuala_Lumpur BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20000101T000000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+08 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260820T194923Z - 62278@as204a.odoo.com DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kuala_Lumpur:20260827T100000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kuala_Lumpur:20260827T120000 CREATED:20260820T194923Z DESCRIPTION:Virtual-Food for Thought: Making Hybrid Working Work!\nFood For Thought Virtual Series: Making Hybrid Working Work! ​ πŸ“… 27 August 2026 πŸ•™ 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM πŸ’» Online πŸŽ™οΈ Speaker: Kel li Ng Let's be real about the thing nobody wants to say out loud about hyb rid work If any of these thoughts have crossed your mind lately\, you're n ot alone: You worry that your employees aren't working as hard as they sho uld when nobody's watching. You worry your newest hires aren't learning th e way your best people did β€” because no one's grabbing them for a quick "here's how we actually do this" anymore. You worry that your team go quie t. If even one of those hit close to home β€” that's not paranoia. That's you noticing something real. So you tighten the policy. More mandated days . More check-ins. It feels like doing something. Here's the problem: that' s usually not what's actually broken. What the Research Actually Says On p roductivity & retention β€” Stanford (Nicholas Bloom)\, Nature\, 2024Hybri d work: zero negative effect on productivity or promotions Resignations dr opped 33% among employees moved to hybrid On connection β€”McKinsey 72% of hybrid employees feel connected to colleagues Higher than fully in-office and fully remote workers On innovation β€” McKinseyOnly 47% of in-office workers report feeling innovative 51% of remote and 54% of hybrid workers do What Actually Worked? Kelli's own team is mostly remote. She's led it t hat way for years. A while back\, she came across a company called Menlo I nnovations\, through a book called Joy\, Inc. What struck her wasn't just their culture. It was one specific habit. When their culture tours went vi rtual during COVID\, she watched people hop between pairs using a simple s hared sheet of Zoom links. No booking. No calendar invite. Just click\, an d you're in. So on 1 September 2023\, she tried the same thing with her ow n team: an all-day Teams meeting\, sitting right at the top of everyone's calendar\, [...] DTSTAMP:20260820T194923Z SUMMARY:Virtual-Food for Thought: Making Hybrid Working Work! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Virtual-Food for Thought: Making Hybri d Working Work!\nFood For Thought Virtual Series: Making Hybrid Workin g Work! ​ πŸ“… 27 August 2026 πŸ•™ 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM πŸ’» Online πŸŽ™οΈ Speaker: Kelli Ng Let's be real about the thing nobody wants to sa y out loud about hybrid work If any of these thoughts have crossed your mi nd lately\, you're not alone: You worry that your employees aren't working as hard as they should when nobody's watching. You worry your newest hire s aren't learning the way your best people did β€” because no one's grabbi ng them for a quick "here's how we actually do this" anymore. You worry th at your team go quiet. If even one of those hit close to home β€” that's n ot paranoia. That's you noticing something real. So you tighten the policy . More mandated days. More check-ins. It feels like doing something. Here' s the problem: that's usually not what's actually broken. What the Researc h Actually Says On productivity & retention β€” Stanford (Nicholas Bloom)\ , Nature\, 2024Hybrid work: zero negative effect on productivity or promot ions Resignations dropped 33% among employees moved to hybrid On connectio n β€”McKinsey 72% of hybrid employees feel connected to colleagues Higher than fully in-office and fully remote workers On innovation β€” McKinseyOn ly 47% of in-office workers report feeling innovative 51% of remote and 54 % of hybrid workers do What Actually Worked? Kelli's own team is mostly re mote. She's led it that way for years. A while back\, she came across a co mpany called Menlo Innovations\, through a book called Joy\, Inc. What str uck her wasn't just their culture. It was one specific habit. When their c ulture tours went virtual during COVID\, she watched people hop between pa irs using a simple shared sheet of Zoom links. No booking. No calendar inv ite. Just click\, and you're in. So on 1 September 2023\, she tried the sa me thing with her own team: an all-day Teams meeting\, sitting right at th e top of everyone's calendar\, [...] END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR