Is Your Workplace Hampering or Enabling Productivity?

<![CDATA[<p><img src="https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4346996/Images/Blog/2.png" alt="2" width="690" style="width: 690px;"></p>n<p class="p1"><span class="s1">A post-COVID environment.</span></p>n<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Sounds like something out of Mad Max (See: Gibson, Mel or Hardy, Tom – depending entirely on your reaction to the word ‘Boomer’).</span></p>n<p class="p1"><span class="s1">But here we are on the precipice of regaining a semblance of our old lives both in the personal and professional space.</span></p>n<!–more–>n<h2 class="p1" style="font-size: 20px;"><span class="s1"><br>For some of us working from home has been great – spending time with the family, baking banana bread, pumping out the work and generally being highly productive.</span></h2>n<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Thriving, counter to most expectations.</span></p>n<h3 class="p1"><span class="s1">For others it has been chaotic – spending time with the family, burnt banana bread, and few opportunities for the collaboration, guidance and thought-driving interaction they require to perform optimally.</span></h3>n<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Same coin. Two sides.</span></p>n<p class="p1"><span class="s1">And that’s ok because one size does not and will never fit all.</span></p>n<p class="p1"><span class="s1">So, if we think critically (and empirically) it would benefit businesses to offer diversified working options not just as a temporary, progressive perk but as the norm.</span></p>n<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Many managers and employees are now coming to the realisation that remote working is often more productive than working in the office – counter to what was originally suspected.</span></p>n<blockquote>n<h3 class="p1" style="font-weight: bold;"><em><span class="s1">Statistics show that offices are often a harmful environment for productivity with workers interrupted on average once every 11 minutes and, if left uninterrupted following that interaction, take another 22 minutes to get back to full productivity. (<a href="https://www.management-issues.com/news/2934/workers-interrupted-every-11-minutes/" rel="noopener">Management Issues</a>)</span></em></h3>n</blockquote>n<p>&nbsp;</p>n<p class="p1"><span class="s1">So why rush to drive everyone back into the office?</span></p>n<p class="p1"><span class="s1">While not everyone excels in a remote working environment, the reality is we will be splitting our work time between the office and our homes for the foreseeable future so investing in a diversified work force makes sense for businesses.</span></p>n<p class="p1"><strong><span class="s1">A key component of this is ensuring your teams are equipped with the digital tools they require to achieve the outcomes you have specified – the best are those that bring work, teams and information together in one place for ease of access and collaboration.</span></strong></p>n<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Because if you have this in place, hire competent, motivated people and provide them with a clear understanding of the required outputs does you can sit back and watch them deliver.</span></p>n<p class="p1"><span class="s1">If that’s the case then it doesn’t really matter from where they’re getting the job done.</span></p>n<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The past couple of months have been a fascinating experiment which should have provided a true understanding of and appreciation for the benefits remote working can provide both employers and employees.</span></p>n<p class="p1"><span class="s1">In doing so each business now has a chance to define their new normal so why make the mistake of reverting to the old ways of working when we can do so much better?</span></p>n<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Embrace diversification. Bring your people, work, and information together. Ensure ease of access and collaboration. Be outcome focused.</span></p>n<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Do this and it won’t matter if your employees are beside you in the office, at home, or on the other side of the world – they’ll deliver and thank you for it.</span></p>n<p class="p1"><span class="s1">If this version of the new normal sounds like you then we can help you get there.</span></p>n<p>Read more about the <a href="/blog/https/blog.piqnic.com/blog/why-access-to-information-in-the-information-age-has-never-been-harder" rel=" noopener">never-ending hunt for information</a>, how <a href="/blog/death-by-1000-messages-the-workplace-trend-driving-us-to-distraction" rel=" noopener">messaging apps are driving distraction in the workplace,</a> &nbsp;or learn <a href="https://piqnic.com/why-piqnic/" rel=" noopener"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ABOUT PIQNIC</span></a> and how we solve these issues.&nbsp;</p>n<p>&nbsp;</p>n<p>If you’re a manger trying to get to grips with this new way of working, sign up for our remote working checklist:</p>n<!–[if lte IE 8]>n<script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="//js.hsforms.net/forms/v2-legacy.js"></script>n<![endif]–>n<script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="//js.hsforms.net/forms/v2.js"></script>n<script>n hbspt.forms.create({n portalId: "4346996",n formId: "ba9694bc-8a81-400b-bc37-0e43d515bc44"n});n</script>n<hr>n<h6>Comments:</h6>]]>