Tips on Remote Working from Home (in Teams)

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Remote working is the practice in which employees work mainly from home or while they're underway and communicate with their company or organization by electronic means such as telephone, email and (more recently) the internet, communication apps like Skype, Whatsapp, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and mobile phones. For organisations across the world, including government bodies at all levels, remote work seems to be the new norm. Let's collect tips and best practices here on remote working. Please share your ideas and experiences. I'll start of with some findings on remote working in government: REMOTE WORKING IN GOVERNMENT How can governments be effective in this era requiring remote work? Dimson, Foote, Ludolph and Nikitas from McKinsey suggest that, apart from equipping people with ICT tools for remote working, governments need to implement new approaches of management and collaboration and adapt their culture. Basic Tools for Remote Working To increase the capacity of remot (...) Read more? Sign up for free

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		Anonymous
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		Anonymous
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		Anonymous
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		Anonymous
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