{"id":2871,"date":"2020-10-25T16:14:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biworldwide.com\/en-in\/?p=2871"},"modified":"2025-03-20T12:32:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T07:02:39","slug":"bringing-them-closer-from-afar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biworldwide.com\/en-in\/our-work\/blog\/bringing-them-closer-from-afar\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Them Closer From Afar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" has-content-align-left alignwide wp-block-biw-block-theme-hero\">\n\t<div class=\"biw-hero__grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"biw-hero__breadcrumbs\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"breadcrumb-nav__wrapper\"><span class=\"breadcrumb-nav\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biworldwide.com\/en-in\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"biw-hero__media has-dynamic-border-radius\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1728\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biworldwide.com\/en-in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Bringing-Them-Closer-From-Afar-banner1.jpg\" class=\"biw-hero__bg-image\" alt=\"Graphic showing three people with their titles: David Littleken, Senior Vice President at B WORLDWIDE; Surabhi Sharma, General Manager Human Resources at Coforge; Sandeep Jha, Associate Director Human Resource at TIAA.\" style=\"object-position: 100% 61%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biworldwide.com\/en-in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Bringing-Them-Closer-From-Afar-banner1.jpg 1728w, https:\/\/www.biworldwide.com\/en-in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Bringing-Them-Closer-From-Afar-banner1-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.biworldwide.com\/en-in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Bringing-Them-Closer-From-Afar-banner1-1024x356.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.biworldwide.com\/en-in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Bringing-Them-Closer-From-Afar-banner1-768x267.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.biworldwide.com\/en-in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Bringing-Them-Closer-From-Afar-banner1-1536x533.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1728px) 100vw, 1728px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"biw-hero__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"biw-hero__title\" style=\"line-height: 1.2\">\n\t\t\t\tBringing Them Closer From Afar\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"biw-hero__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>Engaging a hybrid workforce goes beyond virtual meetings\u2014it\u2019s about creating real connections. 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