Climate Literacy is fast becoming a very necessary workplace skill, a skill which every team member must have. As a result of the sheer magnitude of the task at hand, this skill can no longer be...
How to start conversations about climate change
We are at an incredibly important juncture as a global community. The magnitude of the challenge facing us, namely to decarbonise the global economy fast enough to avert a global climate...
The mitigation and adaptation conversation
Mitigation & Adaptation is going to a conversation every business will have to have in the face as the climate crisis evolves. There is no escaping this, if future of work preparedness is of...
Getting your head around asynchronous working
In our trainings, when we get to the part about what asynchronous work is and what it looks like in practice, we then share something like this, Comment source There are then often a lot of deep...
Us (in the room) vs Them (on the screen)
If you ask the people on screen how they feel about this meeting you will almost to the man/woman hear that they feel separate from those in the room. It is extremely difficult to feel part of those...
LinkedIn data: Top reason individuals want to return to a physical office
In this LinkedIn surgery the top reason given as to why individuals want to return to a physical office is wanting to collaborate in-person. Why return to the workplace? Our top reasons defy the...
Beware of communication fragmentation!
I can literally write a book about this! Now no one digital communication tool is perfect, so don’t look for that, rather settle on something that ticks most boxes. If you don’t insist on a single...
Work-from-anywhere prerequisite
A team must possess the skill to communicate and collaborate at distance as effectively as if they were sitting around a table in-person. It must be that seamless. This skill is often referred to as...
Why employees want “hybrid working”
As can be seen from above, 64% of employees surveyed want to spend between 1 and 4 days “at the office.” There are a number of reasons for this, but primarily it boils down to this: 1) At home time...
Siloed internal communication
Despite being a year into remote work for many, I still hear this when talking to teams. ME: So how do you stay in contact with your team? THEM: Mostly by email… (siloed communication) ME: What else...
Most companies stuck in synchronous remote work
This new data from Microsoft shows most companies new to remote work are stuck in “Synchronous Remote Work” or at Level 2 of the 5-Level remote work maturity model. Most are trying to: Ctrl + C...
What you need to know about hybrid in-office/remote working models
There is so much talk at present about hybrid remote/in-office work models. For those contemplating this way of working, you do need to understand that these are THE hardest to manage. “It’s easier...