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Going Feral - Do You Really Want to Return to Your Place of Work?

Working from home has brought with it a new reality for organisations feeling their way into the new normal, that of workers “going feral”.

This doesn’t simply refer to the fact that they haven’t shaved or brushed their hair for a week; no this is a deeper disconnection from organisational values and mindset that any amount of Skype, Zoom, email, Surveymonkeying or wellbeing messaging won’t be able to address.

Which when you think about it is fascinating because it suggests that close contact with not only our colleagues but also our buildings, our office environments and our desks is important, does influence us and serves to ensure we remain aligned to cultural values and identity.

This shouldn’t come as a total surprise; we have been aware that if we second workers into an alien organisation then there is the risk of them “going native”. But did we ever imagine that allowing people to simply work from home, disconnected from the collective, could have a similar and potentially more damaging effect?

More damaging because each feral worker runs the risk of becoming a lone wolf with allegiance to no pack and likely to bite back at the hand that feeds them?

And don’t even start to wonder what is happening in the minds of your furloughed workers................

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DISCLAIMER:

As always these thoughts are wholly my own and do not reflect the thoughts and policies of my current employer (whoever that might be). 





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