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In a large enough group, all things are possible, and a good manager can make them happen.

In a small group, start by asking what the company needs, and hire or move people to fit. It might not be possible to get a good fit for everyone.

Honesty and flexibility is the best policy: one dev who misses every morning meeting has a problem, but if half the team misses it fairly regularly, or everyone is yawning, move the meeting. Ask people about their working styles up front, and be clear during the hiring process if you have core hours, or inflexible shifts, or need everyone to be in person on the first Wednesday of the month, or whatever.

By having agreed core hours.

Hire based on working style.

This is a really great way to introduce systemic neurodivergency filters and expose a greater surface area for unfair hiring practice lawsuits.

Not sure if I'm just missing the sarcasm but almost all companies have been hiring based on the same working style of 5 days a week, 8+ hours, in office, open workspace for quite a while. What's the problem with choosing a different set of strongly opinionated defaults?

Normal working conditions are a neurodivergence filter.