Does the concept of a connected workspace for collaborative work finally have legs?
Giving employees a digital “place” to call home is a recurrent theme in IT, especially among those of us with communications and collaboration top of mind. I’ve talked about it myself many times over the years, on these pages of No Jitter as well as from the speaker’s podium at Enterprise Connect.
In the last few years, the rapid rise and continued widespread support for work from home or hybrid work has lent more gravitas to the goal of creating this digital home. For one, the use of cloud apps has exploded, which means some employees end up spending far too much time throughout the day clicking their way among them. For another, employees should be able to collaborate with each other, regardless of where they’re geographically located, with ease. And, yes, video meetings and team chat apps achieve this purpose—but only to a certain extent. More is needed.
Enter the latest iteration of the digital hub, what Metrigy likes to call a connected workspace for collaborative work. This is the place employees click into at the start of their day and, if done well, will not need to leave until they sign out at night. From this connected workspace, employees can find information and people they need to accomplish work, communicate about/collaborate on their projects, automate different processes, and manage their work.
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