Bisnow's new podcast series, Office Politics: The Battle For The Future Of Work, is an in-depth examination into the raging debate surrounding when and where we work, and how that will affect not just how we use offices, but the operation of society itself. Featuring academics, authors, business leaders and workers, weekly episodes will look at how the potential shift to more remote work will affect productivity and the economy, social equality and workplace diversity, human psychology, the fight against climate change and the future of cities. You can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify and Amazon Music. The move to allow people greater freedom to work from home has been heralded as a potential boost for social equality and workplace diversity — but, if business leaders aren't careful, it has the potential to make things worse. 
Without well-thought-out policies that examine the potential consequences of white-collar workers no longer gathering in the same place to work every day, countries like the U.S. and UK could see already stark wage inequality between high and low earners grow. And the concentration of white middle-class men at the top…  Read the full story here. | | |
