What's the future of work: Home, office or something new?

The emergence of the coronavirus pandemic last spring forced businesses and their employees to radically reimagine their day-to-day work life. In industries where remote work is possible, everyone had to figure out how to get things done from a distance seemingly overnight. Now, as vaccines slowly reduce the threat of the virus, companies are planning a transition back to a new normal — a shift that some experts say could be just as jarring as the retreat to remote work.

The challenge lies not just in the logistics of bringing...