Mind the Preference Gap, feat. Nick Bloom, Professor, Stanford University

Ivanti’s research into remote work trends found that while 43% of office workers are allowed to work flexibly, 71% say they want to.

Why is that 28-point preference gap still with us even after several years of widespread — and widely successful — remote and hybrid work? What barriers are keeping leaders from chipping away at that preference gap, and why should they?

Host Jeff Abbott is joined by Nick Bloom, a professor of economics at Stanford University whose research has earned him the moniker “Prophet of Remote Work” by Fortune Magazine, to tackle those questions and unpack what the research findings mean for your business strategy.

About the research

To find out what organizations should prioritize to future-proof their work environments, Ivanti surveyed 8,400 office workers, IT and security professionals and C-level executives across the globe. Visit our website to download the 2023 Everywhere Work Report.

About the guest

Nick Bloom is a Professor of Economics at Stanford University. He has been researching remote work for almost 20 years, winning a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2022. He has been heavily involved with policy, including meeting President Obama, and speaking at the White House 2014 Working Families Summit. Professor Bloom has consulted with 100s of CEOs and managers, and has been covered extensively on remote and hybrid work by international media including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, BBC, Financial Times and the Economist. He was called the “Prophet of remote work” by Fortune Magazine and “America’s best work-from-home expert” by Business Insider.

About the host

As CEO of Ivanti, Jeff oversees all aspects of the company’s growth strategy and direction. Before becoming CEO of Ivanti in October 2021, Jeff was Ivanti’s President since January 2020. Jeff has over 25 years of experience working for enterprise software and services companies, including Accenture, Oracle and Infor. Jeff holds degrees from the University of Tennessee and Georgia State University. He sits on the National Alumni Board at the University of Tennessee, and has previously held board positions with the Georgia Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the Posse Foundation.

About Ivanti

Ivanti elevates and secures Everywhere Work so that people and organizations can thrive. We make technology work for people, not the other way around. Today’s employees use a wide range of corporate and personal devices to access IT applications and data over multiple networks to stay productive wherever and however they work. Ivanti is one of the only technology companies that finds, manages and protects each IT asset and endpoint in an organization. Over 40,000 customers, including 88 of the Fortune 100, have chosen Ivanti to help them deliver an excellent digital employee experience and improve IT and security team productivity and efficiency. At Ivanti, we strive to create an environment where all perspectives are heard, respected and valued, and we are committed to a more sustainable future for our customers, partners, employees and the planet. For more information, visit www.ivanti.com and follow @GoIvanti.