Hybrid teams can feel like an unicycle on which one is trying to juggle—tricky yet rewarding once mastered. But industries from white goods to tech don’t feel rewarded yet. They feel stakes rising for finding the right balance of sweet and sour in hybrid arrangements. Disrupting remote routines by returning to the office can threaten team cohesion, operational efficiency, and talent retention, especially when returning figures to Office Space show that we have more Office Space than we need.