Give people a reason to come together.
Collaboration is the main reason for coming to the office, ahead of leadership expectations and formal meetings.
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Hybrid working needs a shared framework.
Hybrid working involves more than attendance policies. Office Report looks at the tasks, agreements and relationships that shape collaboration and bring people to the office.
Why people come to the office.
34% of participating organisations cite direct collaboration as the main reason for attending the office. Leadership expectations follow at 19%. Formal meetings and social interaction also play a role.
Attendance is best considered alongside the work itself: which tasks benefit from being together, where is quiet focus needed, and which settings support those activities?
Agreements and actual practice.
For 2026/27, the report gives an average of 2.4 days of remote working per week in practice, compared with 2.2 days formally permitted. This difference provides a starting point for discussing agreements alongside everyday working needs.
Leaders and teams need a clear framework that recognises shared goals and different activities. A required number of office days alone cannot explain how collaboration works in practice.
Consider space and organisation together.
Hybrid working changes what shared workplaces need to provide. Spaces for meeting and project work matter alongside suitable conditions for focused work. The articles below explore these questions through findings from Office Report.
