{"id":1849,"date":"2020-03-31T14:49:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T14:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digiterrebestg.wpengine.com\/?p=1849"},"modified":"2020-03-31T14:49:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T14:49:00","slug":"digiterre-like-the-rest-of-the-world-has-been-embarking-on-a-giant-remote-working-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digiterre.com\/us\/2020\/03\/31\/digiterre-like-the-rest-of-the-world-has-been-embarking-on-a-giant-remote-working-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Digiterre \u2013 like the rest of the world \u2013 has been embarking on a giant remote working experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Digiterre \u2013 like the rest of the world \u2013 has been embarking on a giant remote working experiment<\/h1>\n\n

Virtual working is actually improving productivity and we expect the current events to drive lasting innovation in the workplace which will benefit everyone in the future. We\u2019ve had a full online company update, with all participants on video, and we\u2019re turning our full interview process, including the technical assessment stages, completely virtual.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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This is working well for both planned meetings as well as ad-hoc discussions for brainstorming, problem solving and collaborative team working across a shared outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Productivity has improved by effectively time-boxing peoples\u2019 attention, in concert with the appropriate audience, in order to move a particular task forward. Our anecdotal experience chimes with the research that shows remote working in most cases is more productive than working in open-plan offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, to get things done in the office you can muddle through with paper, spreadsheets and chats but in a virtual world you need a single view of work activities, so this is where an investment in collaborative technologies comes into its own. Just as you need a balanced diet, and shouldn\u2019t eat just one kind of food, it\u2019s crucial to use the full range of collaborative technologies available to us \u2013 whether that\u2019s Slack, MS Teams, WhatsApp, JIRA \u2013 as they all have their pros and cons. Use these tools to improve productivity rather than just be virtually present in the room together \u2013 that\u2019s no different to presenteeism in the office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not only about using the tools to see and hear each other, it\u2019s about using them to collaborate better. For example, employees from different teams and functions, and even various combinations of customers and vendors, can all work together to get things done efficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OTHER THINGS WE\u2019VE LEARNED?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n