Covid19 – Is Collaboration suffering?
Is collaboration suffering in your business due to Covid19?
According to a new survey by Lucid, collaboration is suffering as a result of working remotely. Klaxons are sounding in Business Leaders heads as this could lead to a lack of innovation and new products or ideas.
Here are some of the Lucid findings:
- 83% of remote workers said they’ve come up with great ideas in a team brainstorm that never had follow-up.
- 75% of employees said collaboration took the hardest hit, not productivity.
- 70% said their great ideas didn’t even make it into notes and were lost.
- 52% WFH said productivity had suffered.
- 44% said it was harder to collaborate with their team during virtual meetings.
- 40% said WFH actually made them more productive.
- 37% employees ranked in-person team collaboration as “most exciting” thing about returning to the office.
- 33% of remote workers said there are fewer casual moments of spontaneity for brainstorming or strategizing.
- Employees have risked their health (23%) by meeting colleagues in person to brainstorm because they felt they needed a “virtual collaboration space.”
The bottom line is that as Leaders – we are paid to solve this conundrum, so
- Get a virtual whiteboard to capture those brilliant ideas
- Arrange Hot Chocolate Sessions – socially distanced collaboration sessions outdoors
- Exploit the tools you have for 60- to 90-minute bursts of energy
Instead of throwing your hands in the air and complaining about how Covid19 is affecting collaboration in your business – find the solution. Try tweaking when, how, and how often you collaborate, and you may be surprised by the quality of the result.
Covid19 – Is Collaboration suffering?
Nah. Not if you hook up with us. We run sessions for distributed teams who want to work out how to collaborate and innovate. Find out more here.