Are you equipped with the right technology, knowledge and skills today that will serve your business tomorrow? “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Different businesses have been affected differently because of the Coronavirus. Many businesses are waiting in anticipation, hoping the lockdown measures will be lifted …
It soon will be Valentine’s Day and I’m sure you have already made your plans to celebrate this special day with your loved ones but before this remember National Make a Friend Day, which can be the best way to celebrate the friends that you already have or to make new ones. Friends are those …
Team up with your friends on National Make a Friend Day this Thursday Read More »
You already know the benefits of open communication with your customers, employees and stakeholders and therefore you utilise different communication tools. You are an active user of Microsoft 365 and its collaboration tools, you use your phone, email, chat or text messages but is this enough to keep your customers interested in your organisation, especially …
Virtual teams are a new norm across the country – from virtual assistants at small businesses, to teams of architects, designers and engineers within large organisations to companies like Octagon Technology with a fully remote workforce. The benefits are clear but remote working can have its problems too, especially when it comes to tracking remote …
Many studies have been conducted around the concept of working from home, and although it is widely believed that remote workers are more productive than their non-remote peers, the working from home environment can have its problems, typically when collaborating on tasks or projects (Chokshi, 2017). Amongst other things this could be one of the …
Telecommuting – a building block for efficient remote collaboration Read More »
Before the pandemic a lot was said about remote working, illustrating its great benefits to both employer and employee, and highlighting its huge impact on worker’s productivity and creativity. Some businesses, such as Octagon, have been adapting to this model and have been using it with great success. We decided to go remote in 2007, …
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At the end of each year many of us slow down and rethink about what happened during the past months, contemplating what went well, what did not so much and what can be improved. I’m sure many of us hugely anticipate the New Year and look forward to starting new plans, achieving new goals and …
I’m sure many will agree that 2020 will stay in our memory for a little while! Many of us entered the New Year optimistically with new ambitious plans, promises and goals to achieve. The future looked promising and then the bomb was dropped on us all – the pandemic happened! Many small business owners realised …
Email is an amazing technology. It’s used for many things that you probably do in modern life. Companies use it for a day-to-day communication with their customers, to welcome them and to send updates about their services/products, promotions, purchase confirmations, password resets etc. Unfortunately, it can create some problems too. Here are some of the most common email issues and ways to deal with …
