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IT ’ S NOT BENEFICIAL FOR

ANYONE TO BE SWITCHING

BETWEEN COUNTLESS

APPLICATIONS

FOR DOCUMENTATION OR INTERACTION

PURPOSES . new workplace application in the hope that it boosts their productivity . Instead , leaders need to take a well thought out approach , investing in platforms that can be adapted to fit the working and collaboration styles of their employees , whether they are remote , hybrid or in the office .

What ’ s wrong with the current state of collaboration ?

While meetings are an integral part of collaborating , workers often find themselves defaulting into overwhelming , redundant follow up meetings that lack depth or value because teams weren ’ t aligned to begin with . Many companies have begun to pick up on the effects of meeting fatigue and scrapped meetings with few attendees . This allowed employees to get time back to focus on other tasks and deliverables .

Nathan Rawlins , CMO , Lucid

Even though some business leaders may attribute their collaboration challenges to the switch to remote and hybrid work during the pandemic , these problems clearly date back much further than that . When teams worked in the office together daily , organisations still struggled to facilitate effective collaboration because so much focus was on increasing the quantity of interactions that we ’ ve neglected ways to improve the quality of them . Some organisations have gone as far as implementing productivity reporting to ensure people are working . But how accurate are those measurements ?

Looking for solutions that replicate the traditional office environment will not suffice in today ’ s work environment . Instead , managers need to look for tools that can support the multiple working styles that exist in an office and ensure remote workers remain aligned and feel part of the team .

Adopting a common visual language

Most workers aren ’ t spending nearly the amount of time they want on innovative , high value work . Time spent on toggling through different workplace apps or scheduling follow up meetings can be replaced with impactful interactions – whether it ’ s through a meeting or asynchronously .

Visual collaboration provides a common language for teams across departments to connect and align on priorities . It goes beyond meetings , virtual whiteboards and hybrid work . The power of visuals removes a lot of the guesswork with teams having the necessary context needed to be aligned and make an informed decision . And it can empower team members who may otherwise find it difficult to get their ideas across in a concise way . It can help solidify post-meeting action items , typically all in one platform . Some even use interactive timelines to set parameters for synchronous and asynchronous work , helping to minimise confusion about deadlines and improve efficiencies otherwise lost to an unstandardised way of working .

The power of visuals does not just stop at the ideation stage either . It can be a powerful tool to help teams interact with their cloud work