Bob Cicero

It totally depends on the industry.

And you talked about the generational gap.

Older leaders feel more comfortable because they've been doing it that way forever in terms of folks being in C. But it's also industry dependent.

There are some industries that I call it the apprentice-based model of work.

Someone doesn't become a great lawyer by sitting behind a screen.

It's an apprentice model.

An associate works with a partner and learns that trade.

Same thing in finance.

So it really depends on the type of work that you're doing and the way that you learn.

And a lot of times it is that apprentice model which drives an in-person culture.

What's interesting is that leaders that are uncomfortable with the fact that folks might not be together are really achieving the goals that we have as an organization.

And then how do you put a model together that you can achieve the goals of the organization, but also cater to what people want?

You talked about that genie coming out of the bottle.

The genie's out.

You got to cater to what people want.

But at the same time is we need to prepare for the future.

I fundamentally believe when you think about the impact of AI, we think that AI is going to take 8 billion people on this planet and make it seem like 80 billion people.

But

Some of the tasks that we do every single day from the 8 billion people, it's going to be driven by AI.

It's going to be this confluence of people that are going to come together more because that's really what's going to happen when the standpoint of some of the rogue tasks and all those other pieces that you think about on a daily basis go away.