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Work from home has become the norm, begging the question: Has the world of the office, of urban living and working, in fact, come to an end?

There are lots of reasons work-from-home burnout can happen, but this past year in particular probably had you feeling a little less like a remote-work boss and a little more like a hermit.

Many are beginning to realize that while the old concept of an office space may no longer be in the cards for many industries, that doesn’t mean it’s entirely gone, merely changed.

It’s time for leadership to let go of the “traditional” workday schedule and offer “on-call” hours and work periods to allow employees to juggle their responsibilities without living in fear of losing their jobs.

A partner at Redpoint Ventures who sits on the board of several SaaS companies, Tomasz Tunguz recently spoke with Worth about how COVID-19 has reshaped enterprise and what changes will continue into the future.

As longtime advocates of digital work tools have found, the platforms that allow distributed workforces to function during a crisis can boost productivity, even during periods of normal business activity.