Better chat, more play: the new workplace etiquette rules

So, you’re returning to the office after months spent working at home, and you’ve got some questions.

How will you complete expense reports without your dog gazing at you like a mother whose son just returned from war? Can you bring your beloved Metallica poster back with you?

And – even trickier – how are you to look your boss in the eye now that you’ve seen, over Zoom, a copy of The Practical Pyromaniac sitting on her bookshelf?

“What we're hearing is people are wanting to come back to the workplace for those human connections,” says Lisa Munao, head of workplace, design and innovation at Australia design firm Davenport Campbell.