as t w s i A   03 When Covid-19 locked everyone in their As Neal Stanton, Co-CEO of enterprise video homes, it kicked spontaneity to the side- service Ramp, comments in Forbes: “One lines, which is still having a knock-on of the biggest challenges facing leaders is effect on innovation. An MIT study found ensuring the ongoing viability and profitability that when workers are dispersed, the of a company, two factors that are tied to relationships that foster innovation are not only individual performance but also 53 often those that suffer most. Innovation team performance as well. It’s the latter is also fueled by unconscious observation, where collaboration, creativity, innovation as exposure to the world beyond the and productivity are irretrievably linked and home office brings color to people’s lived 54 Tangibles such dependent on one another.” experience. If nobody ventures out to as those elements Mr. Stanton mentions are investigate new fields of interest or looks given meaning and made more enjoyable by deeper into emerging trends, creativity will intangibles, many of which were lost in the suffer. People who stay at home all the time scramble to work remotely. miss out on the stimulation of watching how the world is moving forward, of identifying problems to solve, and of simply being part of an evolving culture. + photo-realistic, vibrant, macro shot, hyper-realistic, diverse, textured, hyper-realistic, colorful, change 100, aspect ratio 3:2, algorithm version 4 Copyright © 2022 Accenture. All rights reserved. 39