Gren Gale’s Remote Work and Project Management Blog
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Remote Project Management is coming. Are you ready?
Teams are increasingly dispersed around the world The times when a project team were all located together in the same office are fast disappearing and increasingly project managers are being asked to organise disparate groups in many different locations...
Is Hybrid Work Worth It? Not the way most are doing it!
The office-centric model most are using just doesn't work The one question we've been asked most frequently recently is 'Is Hybrid Work Worth It?'. We think it's a definite yes but not the way that most enterprises are planning to implement it. From...
How remote working boosts productivity
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...
4 ways to get a virtual video conference facelift
It's as if we all were used to having mirrors strapped to our heads Video conferencing can be a bit of an unnerving experience. It’s OK for the politicians, personalities and journalists we’ve all seen during COVID-19 lockdowns. They’ll have invested significant...
Why the Hybrid Work Model as most companies see it just won’t work
With the pandemic showing signs of abating and vaccination becoming more widespread and effective, there now seem real prospects of life returning to some sort of normal. Life will become more 'Hybrid' The lasting effects of the pandemic are...
Remote Working for Business Continuity
Business continuity and house insurance have lots in common Business continuity is a bit like house insurance – it’s something you hope you never use but a bill you’re happy to pay to guard against your life quite literally going up in smoke. Most big...
6 changes to increase remote work productivity
Adapt your processes to remote work and document them The first step to increase remote work productivity is to understand how you're going to work. This is time consuming and an initial overhead but it will streamline inefficient processes that you’ve...
10 major issues with Hybrid Work and how to overcome them
Most enterprises are going to experience issues with hybrid work Given the approach being most commonly taken, most enterprises are going to experience issues with hybrid work. From what we're seeing, the hybrid model that's likely to be most widely...
Six steps to tame the chaos – how to make projects work
Projects are naturally chaotic. If you want to retain customers and keep your staff sane, then you need bring order and tame the chaos and that’s the job of project management. There’s a lot of over-complicated rubbish out there about how to run projects, so here...
Why its OK to feel anxious about a return to the office
A close run thing In August 2020 despite a surge in COVID infections the UK government, desperate to revive restaurants, public transport and coffee shops started a campaign to persuade workers to return to the office. This was very quickly dropped when...
