{"id":4369,"date":"2020-08-12T10:37:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T17:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=4369"},"modified":"2020-08-12T10:37:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T17:37:10","slug":"is-your-business-ready-for-hybrid-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/is-your-business-ready-for-hybrid-working\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Business Ready for Hybrid Working?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Lockdown extinguished any lingering doubts about the readiness of remote working technology. Some colleagues in more rural locations may have struggled for a signal now and again. But most of the time, with the right investment the technology has been the simplest thing about working through the pandemic.<\/p>\n
What this has highlighted is the age-old lesson of technology adoption: making the tech work is only ever half the battle. If we want to reap the rewards of the remote working opportunity, we now must focus on our culture and our processes.<\/p>\n
What are the issues that have been most obvious? Working remotely doesn\u2019t work for everyone. Some people\u2019s home environment isn\u2019t ideal for productivity. In some cases, it isn\u2019t even safe. Some people need the life and camaraderie of the office. Others just need to be around more senior colleagues to learn and develop.<\/p>\n
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The combination of these issues means it is hard to imagine a workplace of any scale that can be fully remote, all the time. Smaller organisations might be able to be very selective about recruitment, only bringing on board people with the resources and experience to work solo. But any organisation that recruits and trains junior staff, or wants to build real diversity in its workforce, is going to need to maintain physical spaces.<\/p>\n