I typically do not appreciate Dr Tsipursky's articles. They read like formulaic college essays; he goes shopping for some numbers and then reports them, whether or not they really make his point and regardless of whether his point needs to be made using numbers in the first place. 

But I love the end here. "Thus, to maximize hybrid employee productivity, any office-based activities must outweigh the substantial burden of commuting." 

This is a hard-hitting bottom line, and this should be the bottom line every time. You can pay lip-service to the complexity of hybrid work issues—both employee and employer considerations—and these issues may resonate with a given manager or not. However, starting with this simple calculus, that a trip to the office should be worth the hassle, puts things in concrete terms that make it easy to see one's self in another's shoes. We can all conceive of a destination or activity that isn't worth the trip. It also bypasses the inclination to focus on what your employees aren't doing while they're out-of-office, and instead think about what your employees are doing while they're in the office: how much value it creates, and how that value compares to a cost that is tangible and relatable to most people.