During the pandemic, talent pools expanded, workplace flexibility became a real responsibility for individuals and organizations, and employees prioritized spending more time with their families.
However, change came with new challenges as people marched to their home offices, kitchen counters, and couches to work every day. While there was no more commute (or need to wear shoes), something seemed to be missing. People weren’t connecting.
Video communication quickly became synonymous with connection as meetings flooded calendars to fill the void of human interaction. Teams quickly realized they needed something more than a video call to accomplish great things together. They needed to bring purpose and intention to the way they worked together. Great ideas and outcomes could no longer be left to chance.
With connection — and collaboration — fraying at the seams, many companies responded by mandating in-office days. Others responded by adopting more software to knit teams back together.
Fast forward to today, and we’ve now been doing this long enough to understand: Are these efforts actually working? What are the consequences of dysfunctional collaboration? And (most importantly) _how can we be happier at work? _
Our 2023 Collaboration Trends Report highlights the findings from a survey of 4,000 people working in remote, hybrid, and office environments, along with anonymized data from Mural and Microsoft Teams product usage.
The report highlights the gap between how important collaboration is and how many teams fall short when it comes to intentional collaboration — and how pushing to go back into the office is only exacerbating the problem.
The collaboration skills gap is not only negatively impacting employees, but it is also having adverse effects on companies. Employees are tired, disconnecting, “quiet quitting,” and burning out. The results from our survey present an urgent call for managers to empower their teams to achieve extraordinary business outcomes, driven by happier work.
During the pandemic, talent pools expanded, workplace flexibility became a real responsibility for individuals and organizations, and employees prioritized spending more time with their families.
However, change came with new challenges as people marched to their home offices, kitchen counters, and couches to work every day. While there was no more commute (or need to wear shoes), something seemed to be missing. People weren’t connecting.
Video communication quickly became synonymous with connection as meetings flooded calendars to fill the void of human interaction. Teams quickly realized they needed something more than a video call to accomplish great things together. They needed to bring purpose and intention to the way they worked together. Great ideas and outcomes could no longer be left to chance.
With connection — and collaboration — fraying at the seams, many companies responded by mandating in-office days. Others responded by adopting more software to knit teams back together.
Fast forward to today, and we’ve now been doing this long enough to understand: Are these efforts actually working? What are the consequences of dysfunctional collaboration? And (most importantly) _how can we be happier at work? _
Our 2023 Collaboration Trends Report highlights the findings from a survey of 4,000 people working in remote, hybrid, and office environments, along with anonymized data from Mural and Microsoft Teams product usage.
The report highlights the gap between how important collaboration is and how many teams fall short when it comes to intentional collaboration — and how pushing to go back into the office is only exacerbating the problem.
The collaboration skills gap is not only negatively impacting employees, but it is also having adverse effects on companies. Employees are tired, disconnecting, “quiet quitting,” and burning out. The results from our survey present an urgent call for managers to empower their teams to achieve extraordinary business outcomes, driven by happier work.
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