SWAY has been traveling the country presenting workshops that build happy hybrid teams. As we’ve measured data from each team and discussed their hybrid experiences, we’ve noticed they struggle to define the differences between asynchronous and synchronous work, making async adoption difficult. We believe success in the future of work relies on transitioning to async by default, so let’s get started on breaking it all down.
Human-centered design has been critical to innovations in production and web development since the 1990s, and then in 2008, IDEO.org popularized it among nonprofits to enhance accessibility and inclusiveness in programming.
Now, companies and executives are applying human-centered design principles to the workplace and creating an environment that works better for their employees.
We have networked more in the past year than ever before: our increased social media consumption and Zoom events prove that. But we’ve also completely created a new normal for networking. You don’t need to attend official networking events to meet industry experts or promote your business: you can just start connecting with them online like any other friend.
The world of work is changing every day. While school closures made the COVID transition to remote work far less than ideal, many employees may want to maintain flexibility once childcare is back in place.
Flexible workplaces actually perform better in the world of work because each component has been streamlined to provide the most benefit to the worker and the company, while ultimately improving the customer experience through balanced and engaged employees.
Over the past few months, all employers were forced to combat the virus with a work-from-home structure and allowance for flexible schedules due to the lack of childcare. But when the world returns to normalcy (and your children have their usual routine for school or daycare), what parts of this flexible workplace do we want to continue?
