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transition, I think we'll see a lot more of it in the decade ahead as employers formalize remote work policies. If you decide that employees are required to be in the office less than 50 percent of the time, you can share your workspace with another company. Office space is a significant expense for businesses, which could be cut in half. If enough companies do this, it would reduce the demand for expensive office space. I don't see any reason why companies need to make firm decisions right away. This is a great time to take an A/B testing approach. Maybe you have one team try one configuration while a different team tries another, so that you can compare the results and find the right balance for everyone. There will be tension between managers who tend to be more conservative about new approaches and employees who want more flexibility. Resumes in the future will likely include information about preferences for being able to work away from the office. The pandemic has forced companies to rethink productivity in the workplace. The boundaries between once discrete areas--brainstorming, team meetings, quick conversations in the hallway--are collapsing. Structures that we thought were essential to office culture have begun to evolve, and the changes will only intensify in the years to come as businesses and employees settle into new permanent ways of working. I think most people will be surprised by the pace of innovation over the next decade now that the software industry is focused on remote working scenarios. Many of the benefits of working in the same physical space--like running into people at the water cooler--can be recreated with the right user interface.If you use a platform like Teams for work, you're already using a much more sophisticated product than you were in March 2020. Features like breakout