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 …
The Covid-induced lockdowns and restrictions have necessitated a new way of working and accelerated the already growing trend to remote and more flexible employment. With the mass roll-out of vaccines generating hope for a return to some kind of normal in the spring/summer, what are the implications for leadership as staff return to the physical …
Back to the Office? Some Questions for Leaders to Consider Read More »
So what does that mean? Click-bait? A riddle? Well, it could be a riddle – it is a quote from Kurt Vonnegut’s 1959 book The Sirens of Titan. If you look these words up in a dictionary most of the words between them are to do with time. Now where am I going with this? …
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 …
Who knew that this month was Clean up your Computer month? I looked at resources online relating to this and most of it was about things people had to do before storage was so cheap and all the files they were working on were actually on their own computer rather than in the cloud. Still, there are …
Yes, it’s true. January 22nd is the day you sit with your cat and attempt to understand him better by answering all his questions. Before you think I have gone completely mad, I do know that cats cannot speak human, and humans cannot speak cat. The idea is to put yourself in the cat’s place, to look at …
22nd January was Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day Read More »
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 …
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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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Once again we find ourselves sealed in at home, those of us who can work from home that is, and whether you consider that a good or a bad thing you will have to make the best of it. While working from home will hopefully be a temporary solution, it is important not only to …
