# The Office Is Not the Enemy… Outdated Thinking Is

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Podcast: [The Corporate Entrepreneur](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-corporate-entrepreneur-1190056)
Published: 2026-05-20T21:56:54+00:00
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The core engine of modern collaboration no longer lives only in the office. It lives in the digital environment. That is where information moves fastest. That is where international collaboration happens. That is where enterprise data can be accessed, organized, questioned, and turned into usable knowledge. That is where true knowledge management can finally become more than a corporate slogan. This is exactly where DI(Digital Intelligence ) becomes critical as a team member. Companies keep telling employees they need to return to the office for collaboration, innovation, and culture, but if the real goal is collaboration, then why are so many companies still thinking only in terms of forcing people back into the office, we need to create a collaborative environment where people and DI can work together in a mutually beneficial way. Poor leadership is the weak link. The old thinking says: “People must come into the office.” “Managers need to see them working.” “Management by walking around still matters.” This is the pre-pandemic office and it was not the pinnacle of collaboration. Many people were already sitting in offices while working inside what was really a corporate metaverse. They were using email, ERP systems, Slack, Teams, direct messages, shared drives, dashboards, and digital workflows to get their work done. Corporate Entrepreneurial leaders recognized something important during the pandemic: A tremendous amount of work — including collaboration — was already happening digitally. So instead of asking, “How many days should employees be in the office?” we should be asking a much better question: What kind of work environment produces the best results for everyone involved? That requires nuance and the Corporate Entrepreneurial leader understands this to mea…

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