You could also phrase it as an experiment where you (or some) of your team members work from home for awhile. This gives them an “out” if upper management asks

You could also phrase it as an experiment where you (or some) of your team members work from home for awhile. This gives them an “out” if upper management asks questions or doesn’t like it. It also depends on your manager having enough trust from their manager, but the “experiment” angle allowed a few team members to work four days a week instead of five, get approval from HR and so on.