Andy Golding

Group Chief Executive Officer, Osb

Search every verified Andy Golding interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Andy Golding, Group Chief Executive Officer at Osb and employee experience specialist, has spoken publicly about workplace practices during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. In a March 2021 radio interview, Golding described companies mandating a return to the office as "short-sighted," arguing that such mandates ignore the health risks and the proven effectiveness of remote work. He suggested that some companies' push to bring employees back may be driven by a desire for control or by the financial pressure of unused office leases, and he warned that forcing frustrated employees back could harm retention and company culture. Golding also stated that leaders who claim good company culture is impossible with remote work are "missing a massive trick." In a May 2020 discussion, Golding characterized the pandemic as an opportunity for a "great reset" in how businesses operate. He argued that traditional, Industrial Age ways of working were not optimizing for productivity, and that the forced work-from-home experiment allowed companies to reflect on what to keep from both the old and new ways of working. Golding encouraged organizations to redefine "normal" rather than simply revert to pre-pandemic practices.