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For us being in a central location is not possible. But for companies with an office building I can see the human dynamic of being together is very powerful.
Even with all the chat, trackers, conference tools etc “context” is the hardest thing to do remotely.
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How do you get people to stop looking at their fucking phones during zoom meetings? Sure if we had a magic perfect management fairy that could sprinkle perfect management skills on the managers maybe people would be better at working remotely but people are mostly lazy and will mostly do whatever they can get away with. And its way easier to get away with looking at your fucking phone during a zoom meeting than an in…
Phones are an addiction. I know executives who have a box outside the conference room and everyone has to put their phone in the box as they enter the meeting. They pick up their phone on the way out.
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Do they make their employees ask for the hall pass to go to the bathroom as well?
Not that I've experienced, I guess that isn't as big a problem as people being distracted by their phones.
We have a small team that is remote by design. Yet everyone has commented that those rare times we can gather see massive uplift in productivity. For us being in a central location is not possible. But for companies with an office building I can see the human dynamic of being together is very powerful. Even with all the chat, trackers, conference tools etc “context” is the hardest thing to do remotely.
In day to day remote work do you work together, or is it fully async with some chat-only meetings?
We have a small team that is remote by design. Yet everyone has commented that those rare times we can gather see massive uplift in productivity. For us being in a central location is not possible. But for companies with an office building I can see the human dynamic of being together is very powerful. Even with all the chat, trackers, conference tools etc “context” is the hardest thing to do remotely.
Honest question: in which way does productivity improve? Is that measurable? Or is that just a well-being feeling for meeting colleagues IRL? In day to day remote work do you work together, or is it fully async with some chat-only meetings?
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What I've noticed is that people don't seem to have the attention span to read the document or memo I wrote, and the meeting is so they can get the TL;DR.
oh god yeah these people do my head in. i haven’t found a good strategy for them yet.
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What I've noticed is that people don't seem to have the attention span to read the document or memo I wrote, and the meeting is so they can get the TL;DR.
If you can tldr your memo or message, maybe you should write a shorter memo or message. People are busy. Nobody got time for waffle. Get to the point or get out of the way.
We have a small team that is remote by design. Yet everyone has commented that those rare times we can gather see massive uplift in productivity. For us being in a central location is not possible. But for companies with an office building I can see the human dynamic of being together is very powerful. Even with all the chat, trackers, conference tools etc “context” is the hardest thing to do remotely.
Is creativity in banking really that important? Creativity in banking gave us the housing bubble. And the dot-com bubble. And redlining.
Creativity (the ability to form novel ideas, use imagination, engage in investigation, etc.) is a critical component of many workplaces, including banking and finance. Creativity is not a dirty word, nor is it a positive one. Creativity can be used for positive and negative ends. Creativity in finance brought the CFPB, Dodd-Frank, Glass-Stegall... along with De-regulation, Free Trade, or Laissez Faire.