Awaken the Night Owls

Level Four: ‘I’ll get to it when it suits me.’

Asynchronous communication allows knowledge workers time to make better decisions because they have time to think, create, and get into the flow state. When sending messages:

• Provide sufficient background detail,...

This is where your distributed team works better than any in-person team, emphasizing environment design as far as the organization's culture and physical environment is concerned.

Most organizations were at level one prior to the new virus outbreak where nothing deliberate has been done by the company to support remote work.

• Employees can still offer a good service if they're at home for a day.
• Employees have access to thei...

Here, organizations start to adapt to and take advantage of the medium.

• Companies use shared documents that are visible to all and updated in real-time during a discussion.
• They invest in better equipment for their employees, such as lighting for v...

• Employees have to make time to be in the office for team bonding and building events. They also make an effort to introduce people who have not met in person.
• Working online removes you from the watercooler conversations, or just having a general awareness of your team's activities.

The corona pandemic has forced companies the world over to move to remote working protocols. But like most things worth doing, there are different levels of proficiency and sophistication to scale. While some are coming back to the office, some companies are holding up to their remote work habits...