It’s also possible to maintain control, adds Malhotra, at the “micro-task level”, even if most everything else about the office has reverted to the way it was pre-remote work. “This is what we did when we were at home,” he says. “We blocked out certain times to do what we needed to do, and gave ourselves space and time to think. I think practicing that habit has to come back to the office with us. There are autonomies you can take back in your nine-to-five.”