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...
“But how do you maintain company culture if everyone is working remotely?”
This is the question we are asked most often by those forced into remote working by the pandemic and who are experiencing a fraying culture. The answer is intentionally. Now, the teams that have...
Why employees want hybrid working
This data point from recent Accenture research is enlightening. We want to focus on the 25% that state their reason for wanting to come into the office on some days is because they want to...
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...
Don’t blame remote work
Dear executives… Please don’t blame remote working when hybrid workplaces fail, which they very likely will. Blame the hybrid model because THAT is where the problem lies. Remember, of the three...
Hosting an online event is smart business
Take a look at this piece from Sara Fischer entitled Snapchat leans into virtual events Don’t get me wrong in-person events will remain forever important, for those very special occasions, but...
Remote work prerequisites
You cannot have a beautiful functional home without careful planning and design. Just not possible. This is exactly the same with an “office in the cloud” that enables a work-from-anywhere...
The tale of two remote work workplaces
BUILT ON SAND: This remote work workplace was hastily put in place because of the pandemic. There was no prior planning for this. Everybody suddenly went home. It’s “kinda” of working. Teams are...
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...
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...
Warnings ignored – price paid
In May of 2018, at an event hosted by the CDC to commemorate the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic, entitled 100 years of Influenza Pandemics and Practice: 1918-2018 the doctors and scientists present...