2Bobs—with David C. Baker and Blair Enns
Jul 29, 2026 · 21 min · 12 segments
David recommends regular in-person company-wide gatherings for remote workers as an opportunity for creative agencies to help build their organization's culture in our post-pandemic economy where…
Blair EnnsHost
Before we get into this, has your opinion on remote work changed at all in the last couple of years or since the last time we've talked about it in a podcast?
What do they say? You can't put it back in the bag? What is it that's out of the bag?
Once you've allowed people to move for whatever reason, you know, or you've hired people from outside your geographic area where you're not going back to...
I've had all kinds of principals tell me, "I can't say this publicly, but I'm tempted to close my firm down and open up a new one and have everybody in person." None of them are really gonna do it, but when I say I'm hardened on it, I'm hardened in the sense that we can't put the genie back in the bottle, but I also feel like we are missing a lot by having all remote teams.
Before we get into this, has your opinion on remote work changed at all in the last couple of years or since the last time we've talked about it in a podcast?
What do they say? You can't put it back in the bag? What is it that's out of the bag?
Once you've allowed people to move for whatever reason, you know, or you've hired people from outside your geographic area where you're not going back to...
I've had all kinds of principals tell me, "I can't say this publicly, but I'm tempted to close my firm down and open up a new one and have everybody in person." None of them are really gonna do it, but when I say I'm hardened on it, I'm hardened in the sense that we can't put the genie back in the bottle, but I also feel like we are missing a lot by having all remote teams.
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