Synchronous remote vs Asynchronous remote

Peter du ToitI'm the founder of FutureWork IQ where I spend my time assisting businesses to improve their climate literacy so as to understand the projected impacts from the expanding climate crisis and how to adapt their workplaces in the face of these impacts.

I am encouraged by those leadership teams that are taking steps to formalize their remote work arrangements and tackle the challenges that have emerged over the lockdown period.

Here is the thing a successful flexible & remote working environment is DESIGNED it does NOT just happen.

By and large, most organizations have been forced by circumstances into Level 2 of the remote work maturity scale.

Basically, this is Synchronous Remote and if a plan is not put in place to move up the maturity scale to Asynchronous Remote you will be heading back into physical offices because Synchronous Remote is really painful and is a precursor to people suffering from burnout and generally having a bad remote work experience.

If you want to make remote work you have to put a plan in place to move out of Level 2 as quickly as possible.