System thinking

As the editorial staff at Briefing finishes up ‘putting the magazine to bed’ (publishing parlance for doing our final checks and firing it over to be printed) – all of which is being done remotely – the importance of agile working has been thrown into stark relief by the necessary changes resultant from the global coronavirus pandemic.

As the profession we cover is picking up all the kit, process, pros and perils of homeworking when it’s simply an essential (many, many of course also juggling childcare and other responsibilities), we can’t help but wonder what you will all miss most about the office environment as the first few weeks of this uncertain period pass by.

And as we all get used to our new day-to-day routines amid all the noise – and perhaps very real fear – of the unknown, we must remember that while work may be ‘something you do, not a place you go’, it’s increasingly said that it also pays for it to have a ‘purpose’. It could even have several of them – one of which may well be a source of commonality, perhaps even comfort, for those that carry it out.

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