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ENExample situation: Open an Office or Stay Remote
Imagine a team that has been working from home for a year.
Question
“We have 28 employees working remotely. Part of management believes we are losing culture and collaboration speed and proposes an office costing approximately EUR 120,000 per year. Is that justified?”
What to question
Has the drop in culture and collaboration speed actually been measured, or is it an assumption? What would EUR 120,000 a year deliver if invested elsewhere? Would a hybrid model solve the same problem at lower cost?
How the depth changes
Focused → broader → deepest
Four perspectives quickly separate the symptom from the cause: whether the real problem is remote work or management practice, what a EUR 120,000…
Five additional perspectives challenge the bias toward a familiar solution, model a downside where the office doesn't fix collaboration speed at all,…
Six further perspectives stress-test the capital discipline of a multi-year lease commitment, negotiating a flexible or shorter-term space instead,…
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