Why Collaboration at Your Company Is Complicated

From established tools like Slack, enterprise giants Microsoft Teams and Google Workspace, and emerging whiteboard tools like Mural, we have more ways to collaborate at work than we've ever had before. But that doesn't mean it's all sorted out. In this episode of Get Reworked, Angela Ashenden, principal analyst in the workplace transformation practice at CCS Insight, shares why the technology is important but it's the human element that is perhaps the most tricky in the new world of collaboration. "There is this increasing requirement on managers to learn new skills in order to cope with the changes in the way that teams work today and the way that people work," Angela said. "And as we go into this kind of hybrid work environment, then there's a number of new things that come into that picture as well." Highlights of the conversation include: How collaboration is changing inside organizations in response to technology innovation. The ways management needs to change its approach to collaboration in hybrid and remote work environments. When asynchronous collaboration makes sense and when it makes sense to collaborate in real time. The critical importance of workplace agreements and policies that spell out collaboration expectations. Plus, co-hosts Siobhan Fagan and Mike Prokopeak talk with Angela about her skepticism about the rise of mental wellness apps and reflect on their takeaways from the first season of the podcast. Listen in for more. Have a suggestion, comment or topic for a future episode? Drop us a line at editors@simplermedia.com.