Many teams need new, workable solutions for their daily lives. How can you combine the best of remote and teleworking to suit your team? How to make the most of team members' strengths? How to engage in a constructive discussion about working practices? At the request of our clients, we have developed a simulation that is tailored to this situation.

People are different

Working practices are built up gradually. Some are common and some are individual. It's good to have a conscious discussion about these from time to time and to understand how team members differ in their strengths and needs. For some it is important to have a calm environment, for others it is important to work on things together. Some people are energised by a clear division of labour, others by the feedback they receive. For some, a clear separation between work and leisure is essential, while others enjoy a flexible rhythm. What about the relationship between remote and local working?

Every work community needs to find practices that work for them. This requires individual reflection and a joint discussion on the desired working practices.

Hybrid working solutions support the work community - it is not enough to talk about technical solutions alone

When looking for the best solutions for a team, it is often smart to start by going deeper and talk about what inspires and energises everyone at work and what things are energy draining for everyone. This way we can learn to understand the reasons and the background. Because if we start directly from the practices of remote and present work, it is easy to miss the essentials. By understanding people's different needs and styles, we can find new and extract the best aspects of different solutions, leaving team members with a choice. This is much more productive than simply discussing solution A or B. When a team finds its own way of working in a hybrid environment, it will thrive and all team members will do well.

It is also worth looking at work from the perspective of remote, present and hybrid work: how should work be organised together? Some of the issues are familiar from telecommuting, others from teleworking in the early days. Even the familiar will benefit from an update, allowing the team to create practices that work for them in a hybrid environment.

Hybrid work simulation helps discuss work practices

The hybrid work simulation is based on peer-reviewed scientific articles and, in addition, on the ILO's guide on Remote Work during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.

If you need an effective tool to develop your team's hybrid working habits, send us a message! Let's see together how a hybrid work simulation would suit you. You can read more about the simulation here.