Remote Working, Did Your City Also Miss The Oh Fuck moment
There are many ways for organisations to respond to the COVID-19 situation rampaging around the world and popping it's pesky head up now and again here in Aotearoa New Zealand.
During the Level 3 and 4 times remote working here in AoNZ was forced upon us - get your gear, get out of the office you've come to know and love/despise and get thee hence gone! Some organisations didn't even say "get your gear" they just said go, use your own gear and we'll sort it out later.
In emergency times, ones that most definitely have a clear and very defined Oh Fuck moment, change happens at pace and everyone hunkers down waiting for it to go "back to normal".
Oh Fuck moments can beget change that brings on more Oh Fuck moments - life eh! With the adrenaline of the initial moment, the very human to get through and get back to "normal" these other Oh Fuck moments can become hidden in the noise.
Or we don't want to see them, not more bloody change!
Organisations are looking at remote working, be that working from home, a cafe, a co-working space, or on the beach as the next normal. It is happening.
This tweet has made it's way around AoNZ recently:
It's a thread worth reading as I don't believe those that manage our cities get it, they have not had their Oh Fuck moment (that I am hearing) they need to.I've spoken to around 1,000 companies over the last 6 months about their plans for remote work going forward
— Chris Herd (@chris_herd) October 5, 2020
Here are a few things I've learned
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I'd love to hear from NZ companies and their journey around this. The ones I've spoken to pitch it as a paradigm shift in the way they will work. No going back. https://t.co/AiAMtUZk6Q
— paulbrislen (@paulbrislen) October 5, 2020
A little more on this from Paul Brislen
ReplyDeletehttps://techblog.nz/2342-Brislen-on-Tech-Farewell-to-the-soggy-middle-manager