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Marcus rubbed his temples. "Sarah, we just spent half the quarterly budget on AI-driven security seat licenses because half the staff is logging in from coffee shop Wi-Fi. Where am I supposed to pull the hardware budget from?"

That night, Marcus sat in his own home office, the house quiet around him. He looked at a printed report on his desk. Productivity was actually up 14%, but employee sentiment was at an all-time low. People were producing more but feeling less. IT leaders grapple with the new normal

"The water cooler is a Slack channel now, Elena," Marcus countered. "If I force the DevOps team back into the city, they’ll have three job offers from fully remote competitors before they even finish their commute. We aren't just managing servers; we’re managing a workforce that has realized they don't need us to provide a desk to be productive." Marcus rubbed his temples