India, Jan. 21 -- It's been nearly a year since the world of office workers made a sudden and unexpected migration to work from home, often over a period of just days. It was an impressive feat when you consider how long such a project would have normally taken in pre-pandemic times -- probably at least six months of planning, perhaps another six for execution, and then a few more for cleaning up the inevitable issues.

Today many companies are looking at that almost instant migration as a learning experience for how to execute on ideas faster. While the experience was less than ideal, they want to keep the things that were positive about the move like speed and agility. The pandemic opened our minds to new ways of doing things. It made u...