Are we anymore commuting to our workplace? No, we are Telecommuters instead…
Having a face to face communication with your co-workers has become a thing of the past since almost all of us are communicating through the small digital rectangles which feel like nothing less than confinements. Are we anymore commuting to our workplace? No, we are Telecommuters instead. Workspaces these days are mostly occupied by Tech-savvy millennials. More people are preferring the WFH mode and an array of companies are introducing perpetual remote positions all across the globe such as Indeed, Slack, Zillow, and Github.
What should effective workplace automation look like?
Managers must have a smooth flow of communication with their teams, team leaders so that physical absence is not a bigger hindrance. The key areas to incorporate technology in the workspace must be fathomed to have enhanced productivity and satisfies a chunk of the workforce. Online interaction must have the 4 Cs – Culture, Connection, Compliance, and Clarification.
Aishwarya Kalakata from Flipkart believes that an output-based evaluation is preferred by both companies and leaders rather than a face-time-based judgment.
Quintessential tech habits to be developed by leaders :
Starting from document and data management, workplace decorum management also warrants some tech to keep track. To collaborate and communicate proficiently, leaders require tech gadgets for enhanced workspace coordination. Leaders should always think of technology before adopting tools.
A no-code development way of finding solutions is the key to empowering employees and mid-level leaders so that they can chalk out loopholes in the system and solve them on their own. Internal team dependency shall be alleviated by low code platforms and pressure on the IT team might be lessened. Goes without saying, tech has given the paradigm of cyber security a new dimension. In fact, AI and Augmented Reality have too taken much of the manual load off.
Now, leaders are equipped with additional insights and control over their workspace with the help of sentimental analysis (AI). Virtual assistants are of great help to team leaders and managers. Internet of things (IoT) is revolutionary to leverage the power of multiple work segments in a shorter frame of time.
Probable issues that leaders might face with Tech taking over :
“It is not a faith in technology, it is about putting faith in people”, – Steve Jobs ( Co-founder of Apple).
Leaders might feel like they are losing their agency over projects, or authority and power over their employees but the truth is aligning the company’s vision with the employees’ target is easier now with Tech tools. Leaders must strive to maintain a healthy tech culture at the workplace. Companies in this tech-driven era are investing more into an automated workflow, tech integration for remote and in-house employees too.
Leaders should always keep in mind that ‘ technology is the best when it brings and binds people together’.
Zeroing down : A gentle pat on the back as a token of appreciation still matters at the workspace when you are being praised by your boss or manager or team leader. We are missing out on the human touch and this isolation is grasping us affecting mental, emotional, spiritual, social, and physical health. Before the pandemic had hit the world per se, tech was seen as mere support in the workspace but now tech is the spine and tech is the pillar. Tech runs in the marrow of the workforce. Tim Bernes Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web had said ” the web as I envisaged it we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past”. Afterall the new normal suggests that people are not only working from home but are working from almost anywhere and everywhere.