Multiple studies have found remote workers are 5% to 13% more productive than on-site workers, but you might not know it from talking to their managers. Nearly 40% of managers surveyed by Australia’s Curtin University expressed reservations about managing remote workers, and 72% of managers in a SHRM study said they’d prefer having their entire team in the office.
While studies during the pandemic have shown virtual teams are highly productive, many managers can’t shake the suspicion that remote employees are doing laundry or going out for lattes when they’re supposed to be working.
A recent study found that, while virtual teams are 5-8% more productive, remote workers spend 25% less time communicating with peers outside their immediate group. This has some leaders worried that remote work will undermine the kind of cross-functional collaboration that drives innovation.
Most of us remember dressing up and walking into the office for the first time at our first “real” job. But what if you are a young person joining the workforce today, and your first “real” job is virtual?
While they differ on when and how often people should return to the office, most employers and employees agree that the future of work will be “hybrid”, with some people on-site and others at home, depending on the day. A Vergesense survey found 74% of organizations intend to adopt some kind of hybrid model long-term.
Xerox first used the term “folder” to describe computer directories in 1958, and that metaphor has stuck ever since. The appeal is obvious: people like thinking about data in physical terms, and picturing files as digital papers inside a flap of digital cardboard is a simple, [...]
Remote work is more than just an emergency measure: done right, it can be a powerful strategy for increasing worker productivity and recruiting top global talent. But to realize those benefits, it takes more than simple "tips and tricks". Organizations need to think strategically about [...]
The number of people working virtually has continued to grow over the years, with the pandemic accelerating that transition in ways no one could imagine. Will this trend reverse once the present crisis subsides? Will organizations summon remote workers back to the office? Will people [...]
From predicting the weather to anticipating disease outbreaks, computers enable us to gain useful insights from massive data sets. However, while a skilled analyst can scan a sheet of numbers and spot the important trends, most people do better when data is presented within a simple, [...]
From Google Docs to Dropbox to Slack, cloud-based productivity apps are allowing employees to work from anywhere, get more done and collaborate more effectively in real time. And unlike the old days when it took a team of IT professionals weeks or months to implement [...]
