Prithwiraj Choudhury, "The World Is Your Office: How Work from Anywhere Boosts Talent, Productivity, and Innovation" (Harvard Business Review Press, 2025)

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As the debate around remote versus in-office work rages on, leaders in a wide range of industries continue to implement radically flexible work practices. Though there has been some pushback, many employers are still allowing most, if not all, of their employees to work from anywhere. The reason is that they understand that geographic flexibility offers a competitive advantage: the ability to attract and retain top talent globally. In The World Is Your Office: How Work from Anywhere Boosts Talent, Productivity, and Innovation (Harvard Business Review Press, 2025) Harvard Business School professor Prithwiraj Choudhury takes us inside that have been fully committed to work-from-anywhere (WFA) policies and shows how these organizations and their employees are benefiting. WFA is s a means of hiring and retaining the best talent. Choudhury show how to best manage WFA teams, share knowledge, and combat isolation, leverage AI and automation to extend WFA into manufacturing and other deskless roles, and design programs that attract talent to different regions

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