Encourage Remote Collaboration (Even When Your Team Is Completely Back in the Office)

Since the outbreak of Covid-19, teams have had to collaborate remotely out of necessity. As we start to open back up and come back to the office, you may want to continue to encourage remote collaboration. For instance, how often do your team members chat with each other in the hallway about a specific challenge? In these conversations, they identify the solution and implement it. Unfortunately, this solution may not be documented.

With remote teams, though, these solutions are often discussed with remote collaboration tools. By using these tools, the solutions are shared with other team members more easily. So as bad as the last few weeks (months) have been for everyone, there are a few positive outcomes. Improving remote collaboration is one of them. As you move back to the office, you may want to keep this positive outcome coming.

5 Secrets to Success in Remote Collaboration.

The Power of Group Think — When Teams Collaborate, Creativity Increases Exponentially.
As the Team Leader, Fight the Urge to Dominate the Remote Meeting. (This Stifles Creativity.)
When Collaborating as a Team, Start with Green-Light Thinking Before Moving to Red-Light Thinking.
A Few Remote Collaboration Tools to Make the Process More Efficient.
Mini-Teams and Breakout Rooms Allow Leaders within the Teams to Surface and Increase Leadership Skills.

The Power of Group Think — When Teams Collaborate, Creativity Increases Exponentially.

Anytime you get multiple minds together to solve a problem, you will increase creativity. Each of us has our own experiences and stereotypes. As a result, we tend to see things a specific way based on what our expectations are. When we add a second person to the process, new possibilities develop. The new person doesn’t have the same experiences or expectations. Two people working to solve a problem increases the chances of finding a solution more than either of the people alone.

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