According to several sources including the Wall Street Journal, most organizations are looking at late summer or even September for a full return to the workplace. Between vaccination roll-outs, local ordinances and internal logistics it will take that long to implement their plans. That means a mass of people who work from home returning to their desks, at least part of the … [Read more...]
How Web Meetings Are Like Renting a Car
You’ve been using Zoom (or Skype for Business, or WebEx—whatever) to host your web meetings for a while and you’ve managed to be reasonably proficient. Now your client wants you to use a different platform. How big a deal is that? It’s not as big a difference as you might think, and the analogy I always use is like renting a car at an airport. Stick with me. Most of us have … [Read more...]
Good Leaders Adapt as Technology Changes
If you lead a remote team, here’s a quote about technology you should ponder. But maybe not for the reason you think: “Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance - the telegraph and cable, the telephone, radio, and the rest.” Emily Green Balch, Nobel Prize Winning economist and sociologist. There are two reasons that this quote (I … [Read more...]
There’s No Single “Magic Bullet” Solution for Remote Team Communication
by Wayne Turmel There is a ton of technology out there to help remote teams and co-workers collaborate effectively. We don’t recommend any particular technology on this blog because we believe two things are true: One, most technology can get the job done if it is used correctly and two, the tool hasn’t yet been invented (nor will it) that can handle every single … [Read more...]
Does Your Remote Team Have the Technology to Succeed?
by Chuck Chapman, Content Strategy Coordinator The more things change, the more things stay the same. While technology changes rapidly and the work world becomes increasingly remote, the needs people have to be productive and successful team members have largely stayed the same. And even though project teams might be scattered across the globe, it's still the job of the … [Read more...]