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When Covid-19 hit the Asia-Pacific region, many organisations scrambled to have their employees working and collaborating remotely. For one Japanese multinational firm, it was a marked shift from how employees had gone about their daily work. “It was a huge change for us as we had never seriously considered the idea of working from home, let alone try it out,” says Nigel Lim, a senior IT manager at the firm. “We also eliminated all non-essential business trips and started using various means of collaboration, which was another first.” Most would agree that the nature of work has been irrevocably changed by the pandemic and is still very much evolving now. Will it be a hybrid workforce for most as the current thinking suggests? How can employers support, train and communicate with their workers? How will they manage and build a culture for such a workforce? These are just some of the challenges, as well as opportunities, that lie ahead for organisations in the region. They will need to develop resilience, flexibility and agility ...