The digital world allows for the flow of communication to reach astronomically across borders and changed the way we worked from the dependence on typed letters, facsimile or voicemail. But the message can’t quite be explained in less than 144 characters, deep thought is not meant to be communicated through email and meetings hijack the day.
There has to be a better way to engage as we revisit the hybrid work model that incorporates agile tools to allow knowledge workers to move quickly and efficiently execute against priorities. Ad hoc back and forth email messaging exhausts our minds and pushes our cognitive decline as the day unfolds trying to tackle the inbox between meetings. Hence, our brains aren’t wired to be in sprint mode 24/7 nor absorb multiple forms of information simultaneously by trying to be present in a meeting, emailing, texting or responding to IMs. Productivity suffers and mental health is pushed to the limit when we are in a cycle of responsiveness and reactionary methods vs being proactive to solve everyday operations—busy mode is futile and exhausts energy levels as the day progresses.
Information overload is fixable by understanding which effective collaboration medium should be used to convey the message, story, project plan, etc. Think of email as the tool for a non-urgent medium to communicate a message internally or externally and sharing operational updates. For quick and timely exchange, Microsoft teams is one of the best tools to get stuff done and the whiteboard feature allows deep work with groups across borders to brainstorm ideas—learn how to use the various MS Teams features to set the stage for a new way to optimize technology and advance productivity.
Organizations are experimenting and discovering that people are open to new approaches not only to disrupt the way we work but also where and when. Explore a new approach and reimagine a world without email or no meetings to change the course of workflows, execution and sustainable models that are aligned to web3.
