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Did you know that context switching can slash productivity by as much as 80%?
We’ve asked around 100 PMs about what generates the highest pain in their teams and the answer no. 1 was context switching with more than 50% of respondents pointing out that teams really suffer from constant interruptions.We’ve asked around 100 PMs about what generates the highest pain in their teams and the answer no. 1 was context switching with more than 50% of respondents pointing out that teams really suffer from constant interruptions.
What if collaboration data could work for your team?
What if collaboration data could work for your team?What if collaboration data could work for your team?
What if collaboration data could elevate your business?
What if collaboration data could elevate your business?What if collaboration data could elevate your business?
Best practices of cross-team collaboration: Spotify, GitLab, Google, and Facebook
While it’s important to implement the right cross-department collab practices, it’s equally important to keep track of how well your multidisciplinary teams perform. This can be achieved by using a platform like Network Perspective, which helps you understand which cross-functional teams are doing a great job to maximize business outcomes, and where the processes call for refinements.While it’s important to implement the right cross-department collab practices, it’s equally important to keep track of how well your multidisciplinary teams perform. This can be achieved by using a platform like Network Perspective, which helps you understand which cross-functional teams are doing a great job to maximize business outcomes, and where the processes call for refinements.
Workplace Analytics readings recommended by Network Perspective
An increasing number of businesses are now using Organization Network Analytics platforms to analyze employee data and improve their satisfaction and productivity levels. However, wrapping your head around Workplace Analytics might seem daunting at first. To give you a helping hand, we’ve listed a few introductory readings that will explain what ONA brings to the table.An increasing number of businesses are now using Organization Network Analytics platforms to analyze employee data and improve their satisfaction and productivity levels. However, wrapping your head around Workplace Analytics might seem daunting at first. To give you a helping hand, we’ve listed a few introductory readings that will explain what ONA brings to the table.
Our speech at AgileByExample 2022 Conference
Our knowledge of hybrid and remote teams is still a greenfield compared to research on teams working in one location.🔘 What factors should wepay attention to?🔘 How to create apractical model of hybrid work?We operate according to the principle "you can manage, what you are aware of".Anita and Iza shared the knowledge about metrics & benchmarks built on 20K observations of how remote and hybrid teams work. Based on intuitive data visualisation, hints from high performing tech teams, and solid ethics upfront.They presented the model of work habits that boost team's collaboration, performance & well-being, including work patterns, teamwork, cross/team routines, meeting time and quality, focus time and work-life harmony. Are the challenges close to your heart?Check it out!Our knowledge of hybrid and remote teams is still a greenfield compared to research on teams working in one location.🔘 What factors should wepay attention to?🔘 How to create apractical model of hybrid work?We operate according to the principle "you can manage, what you are aware of".Anita and Iza shared the knowledge about metrics & benchmarks built on 20K observations of how remote and hybrid teams work. Based on intuitive data visualisation, hints from high performing tech teams, and solid ethics upfront.They presented the model of work habits that boost team's collaboration, performance & well-being, including work patterns, teamwork, cross/team routines, meeting time and quality, focus time and work-life harmony. Are the challenges close to your heart?Check it out!
How Salesforce is leveraging workplace analytics to drive the success of remote work?
The pandemic has changed the way companies approach employee experience, it’s no longer about fancy offices and endless perks. To be able to work effectively in a hybrid or remote model, organizations have to turn into data analytics. And this is the exact approach that Salesforce follows. Ernest Ng, VP, Global People Strategy and Analytics, Salesforce says that “Because we are growing at such a fast pace, as a company, workplace analytics is really key to helping us scale efficiently and effectively”.The pandemic has changed the way companies approach employee experience, it’s no longer about fancy offices and endless perks. To be able to work effectively in a hybrid or remote model, organizations have to turn into data analytics. And this is the exact approach that Salesforce follows. Ernest Ng, VP, Global People Strategy and Analytics, Salesforce says that “Because we are growing at such a fast pace, as a company, workplace analytics is really key to helping us scale efficiently and effectively”.
Key hybrid reality metrics – active and passive listening data
Key hybrid reality metrics – active and passive listening dataKey hybrid reality metrics – active and passive listening data
Challenge #2 - Mitigating team’s collaboration overload / lack of collaboration
Last Friday, we held the second of six webinars for the tech industry.Challenge#2 | Mitigating team’s collaboration overload / lack of collaboration🎯 How big is the problem of too many meetings & work interruptions?🎯 How does it impact burnout, well-being, absenteeism, and attrition?🎯 What can be done to mitigate the workload in an evidence-based way?Last Friday, we held the second of six webinars for the tech industry.Challenge#2 | Mitigating team’s collaboration overload / lack of collaboration🎯 How big is the problem of too many meetings & work interruptions?🎯 How does it impact burnout, well-being, absenteeism, and attrition?🎯 What can be done to mitigate the workload in an evidence-based way?
Pre hybrid metrics – selective passive listening data
Pre hybrid metrics – selective passive listening dataPre hybrid metrics – selective passive listening data
Pre hybrid metrics – key active listening data
Pre hybrid metrics – key active listening dataPre hybrid metrics – key active listening data
Hybrid Evolution & Great Attrition addressed in a data-informed way - webinar series
We are starting a series of 6 webinars dedicated to HR, organization development, and work tech decision makers from IT companies. Hybrid Evolution & Great Attrition addressed in a data-informed way - webinar seriesWe are starting a series of 6 webinars dedicated to HR, organization development, and work tech decision makers from IT companies. Hybrid Evolution & Great Attrition addressed in a data-informed way - webinar series
Hybrid work - why measuring it?
Hybrid work - why measuring it?Hybrid work - why measuring it?
What is Organizational Network Analysis (ONA)?
Network Perspective | Passive listening | What is ONA?Network Perspective | Passive listening | What is ONA?
Why is rethinking collaborative social learning vital in a hybrid world?
Social collaborative learning has always been an important asset for businesses – however, the way we approach peer 2 peer collaboration has changed due to COVID and the introduction of hybrid work. Despite having the right digital tools that offer great social learning possibilities, employees fail to engage due to digital overload.Social collaborative learning has always been an important asset for businesses – however, the way we approach peer 2 peer collaboration has changed due to COVID and the introduction of hybrid work. Despite having the right digital tools that offer great social learning possibilities, employees fail to engage due to digital overload.
Why data-informed cross-team sync may be the key for successful hybrid evolution?
One of the biggest challenges while working in a hybrid environment is staying innovative and sharing knowledge. Why is that? Hybrid teams tend to create silos, which results in less peer-to-peer interactions with people from various teams across the organization. Science suggests that this can have a negative impact on a company’s innovativeness.One of the biggest challenges while working in a hybrid environment is staying innovative and sharing knowledge. Why is that? Hybrid teams tend to create silos, which results in less peer-to-peer interactions with people from various teams across the organization. Science suggests that this can have a negative impact on a company’s innovativeness.
How to find the best time for deep work for your team? 4 easy tips to boost your productivity in a data-informed way
The ability to focus on cognitively demanding tasks is the most important team productivity factor. In fact, as noticed by Cal Newport, “deep work is like a super power in our increasingly competitive twenty-first century economy. And yet, most people have lost the ability to go deep – spending their days instead in a frantic blur of e-mail and social media, not even realizing there's a better way”. In addition, what we’ve seen during the pandemic is that a (wrongly executed) remote work model can have a detrimental effect on our teams’ productivity levels.The ability to focus on cognitively demanding tasks is the most important team productivity factor. In fact, as noticed by Cal Newport, “deep work is like a super power in our increasingly competitive twenty-first century economy. And yet, most people have lost the ability to go deep – spending their days instead in a frantic blur of e-mail and social media, not even realizing there's a better way”. In addition, what we’ve seen during the pandemic is that a (wrongly executed) remote work model can have a detrimental effect on our teams’ productivity levels.
Problems solved by Network Perspective in numbers
65% of workers said that meetings keep them from completing their own work.65% of workers said that meetings keep them from completing their own work.
What companies are doing in passive listening and what results they observe?
What companies are doing in passive listening and what results they observe?What companies are doing in passive listening and what results they observe?
How to foster a high performing team dynamic in a data-informed way?
Successful companies no longer evaluate their teams through the prism of efficiency. As proven by a number of successful companies, including Intercom, GitLab, Boeing, and General Electric, the spotlight should be set on performance, as it better suits today’s organizational structures. In order to thrive, it’s essential to build High Performance Teams.Successful companies no longer evaluate their teams through the prism of efficiency. As proven by a number of successful companies, including Intercom, GitLab, Boeing, and General Electric, the spotlight should be set on performance, as it better suits today’s organizational structures. In order to thrive, it’s essential to build High Performance Teams.
Meeting behaviors to avoid, meeting metrics to track
While meetings are a vital element of effective collaboration, if there are too many of them, they can become overwhelming. In America alone, 11 million meetings take place every day, out of which a third is considered unproductive. This lost productivity costs companies $37 billion annually. What’s worrying is that the switch to remote working caused by the pandemic has doubled the number of meetings from 7 to 14 a week.While meetings are a vital element of effective collaboration, if there are too many of them, they can become overwhelming. In America alone, 11 million meetings take place every day, out of which a third is considered unproductive. This lost productivity costs companies $37 billion annually. What’s worrying is that the switch to remote working caused by the pandemic has doubled the number of meetings from 7 to 14 a week.
Employee engagement surveys - what are they great at and what are they missing?
Despite serving as a real eye-opener for many organizations, customer engagement surveys come with their own sets of limitations. In order to give valuable insights and improvement ideas, they need to be paired up with People Analytics tools (i.e., a mix of active listening & passive listening employee engagement methods).Despite serving as a real eye-opener for many organizations, customer engagement surveys come with their own sets of limitations. In order to give valuable insights and improvement ideas, they need to be paired up with People Analytics tools (i.e., a mix of active listening & passive listening employee engagement methods).
Future Proof People Leaders – introduction to pivoting people leadership capability building
To ensure that their people leadership capability building strategy is future-proof, organizations will need to focus on two areas – embracing a selective-intensive people leadership approach and knowing how to access and analyze team data to make more agile-based decisions.To ensure that their people leadership capability building strategy is future-proof, organizations will need to focus on two areas – embracing a selective-intensive people leadership approach and knowing how to access and analyze team data to make more agile-based decisions.
Which trends in workplace analytics tools will dominate in 2021?
Workplace analytics measures employee behaviors and analyzes them to improve people and business performance. If implemented right, it might become a great business advantage for companies operating in the New Normal. Nowadays, the main challenge is to keep a sense of belonging among employees who work remotely. Workplace analytics gives leaders access to data linked with productivity, engagement, turnover, etc. This, in turn, helps them keep their employees happy rather than isolated. They are able to better lead their teams.Workplace analytics measures employee behaviors and analyzes them to improve people and business performance. If implemented right, it might become a great business advantage for companies operating in the New Normal. Nowadays, the main challenge is to keep a sense of belonging among employees who work remotely. Workplace analytics gives leaders access to data linked with productivity, engagement, turnover, etc. This, in turn, helps them keep their employees happy rather than isolated. They are able to better lead their teams.
Top HR challenges at tech companies – our findings at Network Perspective
HR leaders and directors have always been exposed to various challenges. However, after switching to remote work their number has either grown or current challenges gained in strength. We have talked to HR leads in tech organizations to identify the current problems they’re facing as well as how workplace analytics can help in tackling them.HR leaders and directors have always been exposed to various challenges. However, after switching to remote work their number has either grown or current challenges gained in strength. We have talked to HR leads in tech organizations to identify the current problems they’re facing as well as how workplace analytics can help in tackling them.
5 key metrics you don't know when you think about employee turnover
The metrics that companies currently focus on while calculating employee turnover including: employee journey, business unit, reason for leaving focus on the current state only, and do not provide any social context. Without it, businesses lack any abilities to predict when employees start thinking about exiting the company, and as a result can’t prevent it. Paying attention to metrics like workload, level of support, and learning opportunities let organizations better foresee when employees are about to quit.The metrics that companies currently focus on while calculating employee turnover including: employee journey, business unit, reason for leaving focus on the current state only, and do not provide any social context. Without it, businesses lack any abilities to predict when employees start thinking about exiting the company, and as a result can’t prevent it. Paying attention to metrics like workload, level of support, and learning opportunities let organizations better foresee when employees are about to quit.
How do tech companies face hybrid work? eBay, Dropbox, Intercom, Uber, and other cases
Operating in a hybrid model appears to be a perfect compromise between full-time, office based work and the convenience of working from home. That being said, ‘hybrid’ means different things for different companies. For some, it’s a way to use up their current office lease before a 100% move to a remote work model. Meanwhile for others, it’s more about creating spaces for collaborative tasks and integration, and reserving in-house for individual, deep focus work.Operating in a hybrid model appears to be a perfect compromise between full-time, office based work and the convenience of working from home. That being said, ‘hybrid’ means different things for different companies. For some, it’s a way to use up their current office lease before a 100% move to a remote work model. Meanwhile for others, it’s more about creating spaces for collaborative tasks and integration, and reserving in-house for individual, deep focus work.
How to build a deep work routine for a team and separate it from context switching and multitasking?
Making sure that your team has enough time i.e. at least 2 hours a day for deep work and reducing context switching is necessary to maintain high productivity. Jumping between tasks results in 80% productivity loss, which has a detrimental effect on employee performance. One of the best ways to make sure that your employees have enough time for deep work is by creating routines and tracking data. For this reason, we recommend using a platform like Network Perspective that will give you access to invaluable insights about how your teams work.Making sure that your team has enough time i.e. at least 2 hours a day for deep work and reducing context switching is necessary to maintain high productivity. Jumping between tasks results in 80% productivity loss, which has a detrimental effect on employee performance. One of the best ways to make sure that your employees have enough time for deep work is by creating routines and tracking data. For this reason, we recommend using a platform like Network Perspective that will give you access to invaluable insights about how your teams work.
