PAIT Group's Chief Strategy Officer, Mark Rackley, was recently a featured guest on the Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly Vlog/Podcast with hosts Vesa Juvonen and Waldek Mastykarz. If you are not familiar with this Vlog/Podcast, it is a weekly discussion on the latest news and Microsoft 365 announcements. Here are some eye-opening highlights from this episode's discussion.
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"Returning to normal" and "back to normal" seem to be phrases of comfort in this world so eager to move past this Pandemic. While I cannot wait to gather without caution at a large social event just the way we have done for as long as I can remember, there are some changes that have impacted the way we work that may be worth keeping or weaving into a new modern design. To get a grasp on how best to modernize, it is time to review the transformation that took place over the past year. This is what Richard Campbell from RunAsRadio and PAIT Group's President & Co-founder, Stephanie Donahue did in a recent podcast episode. They dug deep into the effects of the Pandemic and its impact on the workplace specifically relating to Digital Transformation and ancillary benefits that surfaced.
For your convenience I am including a direct link to Richard and Stephanie's conversation so you can hear their thoughts and voices.
Below are some highlighted topics they touched on.
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Let's face it we really don't live in an all or nothing world (even though some of us would like to think we do). So now that the world has experienced what it's like to work remotely, do we really think everyone wants to go back to the way thing were structured and solely work in an office environment. Similarly continuing to work remotely most likely won't be the case. However, it does bring forth new possibilities for a hybrid workplace. A workplace where some employees conduct their work 100% at a physical office, some work completely remotely, and others split their time between working from home and the physical office.
To discover what this may look like to your organization you will need to dig into the following:
Let's approach each of these questions individually.
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When the people talk about firstline worker the first thought that comes to mind is frontline health professionals who are battling the COVID-19 pandemic. While these beautiful and amazing human beings are included in the definition of a firstline worker, the term is NOT used exclusively for them.
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I’m sitting here this weekend, watching virtual NASCAR. First of all, please understand that we are not a NASCAR family, we are a sports family (football, basketball, lacrosse…doesn’t matter). However, it’s been weeks since live sports have been available on tv and so here we are. My teenage boys are marveling at how cool the virtual NASCAR race is – you can see them race, much like you would watch a video game. They still wreck and have issues, so it’s pretty realistic to watch AND you’re getting the behind the scenes. You get to hear every word they say and let me tell you, their driving setup is pretty darn cool, it looks like the inside of their real car. Typically, you can’t really see the drivers and their intense focus hidden inside their helmets, so that has also added a whole new element to the race too!
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PAIT Group's Stephanie Donahue and Powell 365's Juan Larios recently got together at the North American Collaboration Summit this past March 14-15, 2019. They took this opportunity to record their discussion of some hot topic questions that have been circulating on the future of work and the intelligent workplace. Watch and listen as they dig into the world of Office 365, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and so much more.
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