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Understanding the Barriers to Hybrid
Learn about the barriers that hinder your organization’s progress toward a hybrid workplace.
80% of hybrid challenges are not related to spaces or technology
The challenges are below the surface
Discover how the challenges to hybrid collaboration are more than your workspaces and technology tools.
Overcoming Barriers to Hybrid Collaboration
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In this workshop, we will explore barriers to hybrid collaboration and go deeper to explore how our social interactions and organizational paradigms shape hybrid work.
Discover the 4-Pillars to hybrid collaboration
Workspaces
Spaces are diverse, spanning physical and virtual realms. Remote workspaces, including homes, coffee shops, and even on-the-go locations, offer flexibility and adaptability. Within offices, varied zones cater to specific needs, from focused personal workstations to collaborative meeting rooms and expansive gathering spaces. These spaces empower individuals to choose environments that enhance productivity and creativity.
Join a WorkshopHow can workspaces adapt for optimal productivity in remote and in-office settings?
What designs foster collaboration in diverse spaces, from home offices to large meeting rooms?
How do different workspaces impact employee well-being and job satisfaction?
What role do workspaces play in flexible work patterns and preferences?
Technology
Technology is the linchpin connecting individuals in different workspaces. It encompasses video conferencing, audio solutions, collaboration apps, and meeting booking tools. These tools bridge geographical gaps, enabling face-to-face meetings and real-time collaboration. Instant messaging platforms, email communication, and project management software facilitate seamless connectivity and information exchange. Technology plays a crucial role in fostering efficient communication and collaboration, bridging the divide between remote and in-office workspaces.
Join a WorkshopWhich technologies best bridge the gap between remote and in-office work for seamless communication?
How can businesses maintain consistent communication across various platforms and devices?
What emerging tech trends are shaping the future of workspaces and collaboration tools?
In what ways can technology enhance virtual team-building activities and engagement?
Social Interactions
Social interactions are ‘the various ways in which individuals in the workplace engage and communicate with one another on professional and personal levels. These interactions can take place both formally and informally, and they encompass a wide range of activities, from casual conversations during breaks to collaborative teamwork, meetings, networking events and team-building activities’.
Join a WorkshopHow are you building strong relationships within hybrid teams?
How are you fostering a sense of belonging and psychological safety?
What meeting practices are you adopting to foster inclusive and effective collaboration?
How are you building strong relationships within hybrid teams?
Organisational Paradigms
Organisational paradigms are ‘the fundamental beliefs, assumptions and mental models that shape the structure, culture and overall approach to conducting the business of the organisation. These paradigms are the underlying framework or perspectives that influence decision making processes, organisational behaviour, and the way work is performed within the company’.
Join a WorkshopHow are your teams organized and structured?
What are the core values and culture of your organization?
What is the leadership style of your organization?
How are big company decisions made?
Discover strategies that can unlock the barriers to hybrid collaboration
In today's ever-evolving work landscape, creating a seamless hybrid workplace experience is essential for fostering productivity, collaboration, and employee satisfaction. However, identifying and overcoming the challenges inherent in spaces, technology, organizational paradigms, and social interactions can be complex.
We can help!
Human-Centered Design
Create a path forward with our award winning consulting process
Our process allows us to design solutions for your organization by not only considering your technology needs and challenges, but also the critical workspaces and human elements that contribute to the user experience. This approach offers us the flexibility to think outside the box, dig deeper into problem-solving, and ultimately unlock the most value for your workplace transformation.
Our Human-Centered Approach to Technology Design
Creating a path forward using a human-centered design.
Our commitment to a people-first approach shines a light on your unique needs and harvests real insights, paving the way for tailored collaboration solutions.
This co-creative process involves understanding your stakeholders, aligning priorities, crafting prototypes, testing and refining them, and ultimately presenting your team with a fully detailed design that satisfies everyone’s genuine needs, providing you with the experience you’ve been longing for.
But in order to do all of that correctly, we need to explore what those true needs are and what exactly that experience is that you are seeking.
Together we’ll navigate the complexities, achieve clarity for you.
While many organizations feel they need to focus on place/space (where you work) and technology (the tools you use for virtual connectivity and collaboration) when transitioning to hybrid work, it’s important to recognize that these are just surface-level considerations. They don’t account for what matters most: your people.
Social Interactions and Organizational Paradigms are the two biggest factors that make or break the hybrid experience, yet they go unnoticed in all the distraction of focusing on space and tech.
Our team is dedicated to helping you uncover these hidden factors that often hold the key to unlocking hybrid work success for your team. Together, we will co-create a strategy that not only incorporates but enhances your existing culture and team dynamics.
Hybrid has introduced new ways of working and organizing, shifts in the role of leaders and team members,increased focus on equity and inclusion, and evolving expectations of what an exceptional hybrid experience should look and feel like. We understand that navigating the complexities of hybrid (which can sometimes feel like moving goalposts) can feel overwhelming.
Register for our free 2-hour virtual workshop and begin unpacking your hybrid workplace challenges while discovering an approach that can help create a path forward for your organization.
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Evolving your organizations ways of working to be more empowering, inclusive and ultimately life-giving is possible. We’ve done it, and through our expert learning experiences, we hope to ‘pay it forward’ and help others too.