Those traditional in-office companies, who early in the pandemic, invested in improving team digital literacy, including how to communicate effectively using digital tools, found their sudden forced...
Why some bosses want you back at the office
I have in the past shared some insights into why large numbers of surveyed employees want some days in the office (See Why employees want "hybrid working") This is largely due to the fact that...
How to cutdown on online audio/video meetings
Earlier this week I shared this about how fully distributed office-less businesses hire using Slack. The reaction from most traditional in-office teams when seeing this is “What!?” Here is another...
Remote work support pillars
For a succesful remote workplace or “office-in-the-cloud” to “stand” there are several crucial support pillars that hold up the workplace. You have to understand what all these are in order to be...
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...
Google Doc vs Whiteboard
“We need to be in the same room with a whiteboard to brainstorm!” Have you heard that before? Let’s see if there is a better way: On a physical whiteboard you can: Easily draw shapes and...
Long-term work from anywhere is dependent on this
A digital workplace or “office in the cloud” that rests on a solid foundation of work-from-anywhere best practices. Some of these are: A leadership team 100% in support of the conceptA team with...
Why some employees want to be back in-person
From the 2021 Microsoft Work Trends Index: From my experience, this is driven primarily by a terrible remote work experience driven primarily by being forced into this way of working at short...
Remote work resistance
As leadership teams consider their post-pandemic workplace strategies you hear sentiments like this: "Our plan to bring everyone back to the office is in no way a reflection of our employees not...
Why remote companies are more efficient than in-office companies
One word describes why: Intentionality The hallmark of a highly effective, productive and innovative remote company is that they are INTENTIONAL about EVERYTHING - Culture - Daily communication...
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...