LOS ANGELES — Just past the ping-pong table, in front of the kombucha tap and around the fully stocked snack bar, an executive bounds over to a couple of people who have just stepped foot in an office for the first time in more than a year.
Handshakes are back from the dead, against all odds. Hugging too. And small talk, about the weather — is humidity good for curls? — or the snacks — is blue or yellow Gatorade better? — is thriving.