Wharton management professor Peter Cappelli is routinely asked to predict the future of work. His expert answer is always the same: “The future looks like the past.”

He’s not trying to be cryptic. It’s just that the big changes ushered in by the pandemic five years ago are still unfolding—remote and hybrid work, a tight labor market, and a renewed focus on office culture and employee wellness. Those trends that began in 2020 will continue into 2025, so any shifts will be incremental, he said.

“If you go out a few years, it could look like a big change. If you’re in the middle of it, it doesn’t feel like quite so much,” Cappelli said in an interview with Wharton Business Daily on SiriusXM. (Listen to the podcast.)

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