Remote Working - Is this the New Normal?
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Company moves 3,000+ staff to home offices, discovers many lack laptops, and measures productivity with cycle time, burndown and release counts that actually increase after the move. Communication relies on Slack, Teams, Zoom and heavy use of asynchronous communication to avoid context switching. Mental health and meeting etiquette become operational priorities, with remote social events like quizzes and DJ streams. Internal survey shows 71% more productive and 90% feeling more effective.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:44What is remote working
- 3:12Remote working stats pre-COVID
- 4:38March 2020 lockdown impact
- 6:01Challenges transitioning remotely
- 7:26Mental health and well-being
- 10:57Creating a home workspace
- 11:59Communication in remote work
- 13:25Async vs sync communication
- 15:13Meeting etiquette
- 18:01Keeping team spirit alive
- 20:09News UK survey results
- 22:38Is remote working the new norm?
- 26:31Q&A session
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