Gren Gale’s Remote Work and Project Management Blog
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Why the loss of non-verbal communication screws up video calls
If you’re going to make flexible, hybrid or full remote teams work then you need to fully understand the issues with the lack of non-verbal communication that working over video or audio links brings. It’s really easy to ignore these and just carry on as if people...
Return to the office directives – based on ignorance or lies?
It’s hard to understand the rationale for an increasing number of companies issuing return to the office directives. The cheerleaders for this movement claim that offices are the best places for innovation, creativity and collaboration and often view working...
11 top tips on the best way to pass a remote interview
Being interviewed remotely has become the norm As the world moves on following the COVID-19 pandemic a very high percentage of work now involves some sort of remote element. Many companies are working to a hybrid model and an increasing number are moving to even...
Communication style in remote work
Humans are social animals, evolved over millennia to communicate face-to-face, so it’s hardly surprising that we find remote communication more challenging. Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication You can break down communication in the workplace into...
Remote Work – from Evolution to Revolution
Around 15 years ago, I ran a home working pilot for a major company. Office space was tight and it was one of the alternatives investigated to continue to achieve our objectives without increasing office rental bills. Line speeds were poor and broadband expensive,...
“Your screen is frozen!” 6 ways to beat the video conference screen freeze
So why does my video conference screen freeze? As the use of video conferencing has exploded, so has frustration with the frequency of video conference screen freeze, jerkiness and loss of sync between audio and video that everyone has experienced at one time...
The best project management books of all time
Our top 9 project management books Search for ‘project management books’ on Amazon and you get 75 pages of hits. That’s around 1500 titles, so there’s no shortage of project managers anxious to go into print and spread the word. You’d be very impressed if I...
The pros and cons of remote working
Positives and Negatives While there are many positives, some people find it hard to adapt to home and remote working. Being unable to physically meet people can lead to frustration and insecurities and give rise to fears that the social element of work will...
The ridiculous myth that remote work stifles creativity
The ridiculous myth that remote work stifles creativity is the favourite theme of the anti-remote work brigade. The office environment makes people ‘innovative, creative and full of ideas’ according to these guys. Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said that...
8 best coworking spaces for hybrid work
Remote working isn't going away While there are some stalwarts who have a Canute-like passion to hold back the tide of remote working, the pandemic has firmly fixed the demand for flexibility in most office workers minds. They’ve tried it, it works for them,...
