Adapt your processes to remote work and document them This is time consuming and an initial overhead but it will streamline inefficient processes that you’ve probably lived with for decades, reduce the dependence on individuals, bring new staff up to speed...

    20% of people admit to falling asleep at meetings In a recent survey of over 2,000 people, 20% admitted to having fallen asleep at a meeting, with men apparently slightly more likely to nod off than women. When you consider that middle managers spend around 35% of...

  1. Don't shoot yourself in the foot   Having a poor idea of what a project is going to cost and how long its going to take to deliver is the best way to shoot yourself in the foot before it’s even started.   Poor estimation and planning are major reasons for...

  If you’re looking to buy something and you don’t know what you want, there’s an excellent chance that you’ll get something you don’t want. That’s why it’s so important to know what you want before talking to a supplier. However there is a class of requirements...

  Remote Working boosts productivity for office-based work All of the indications are that remote working boosts productivity for office-based work. One recent US study of 30,000 workers indicated a massive 47% increase in productivity another smaller study with...

    Being interviewed remotely is likely to become the norm With so much office work being carried out remotely during the pandemic and the very high likelihood that this will continue into the future, being interviewed remotely could well become the norm, so it’s...

    Working remotely has become far more mainstream in the last few years With the COVID-19 pandemic in full flow the numbers of people working remotely has mushroomed.  The pandemic has demonstrated to many employers that remote work is not only viable but offers the...

    1. Every dollar spent on video conferencing is money well-spent The proliferation of employees working at home combined with headsets and webcams appearing at nearly every desk gives the management of most companies the belief that they are set up for video...

    Return to the office in the UK has lagged well behind the rest of Europe In August despite a surge in COVID infections the UK government started a campaign to persuade workers to return to the office.  Outside of lockdowns, return to offices has been very slow in...

    Is the UK different to the rest of Europe? There would seem to be very little difference in the way that people across most of Europe are living their lives under COVID.  Several countries are more insistent on the use of face masks outdoors as well as indoors but...