Most people still think in terms of returning to work and life as we knew it once the pandemic is over. Meanwhile, return-to-office plans continue to be disrupted, impeding any real chance to test out hybrid models which many have held out hope for a longer-term solution. Return to work and life as we once knew it is increasingly unrealistic and improbable for two main reasons: work in the future will never again resemble what it did in the past and there will be no “all clear” sounded to signal the end of the pandemic.