Digital collaboration changes human interaction

The perfect work-life balance is more important than ever, organizations are striving to find and to keep as many employees as possible by making their organization attractive. You have to be able to work at home and to feel at home at work. Digitalization is constantly changing our working environment. These new ways of working ask for a different approach to your employees. During this session brainmove explained what’s important to keep in mind when implementing the new way of working. There are four important aspects you have to be aware of when working human centered:  

• Working dynamic & flexible
• Sharking knowledge
• Results orientated
• Independent of time and place 

Your new working environment has to reward the behaviour of your employees and has to make the right behaviour attractive. When working in a library for example, being silent is rewarded. Before behaviour becomes embedded, you have to set a good example yourself. As a leader you have “walk the talk” if you want others to do the same. Leadership changes a lot when changing your way of working. Result-oriented work asks for an open communication and a based-trust relationship between the members of the team.

During this session, we played the Workplace Game. This game – made by the Center for People and Buildings – makes a discussion about behaviour in your working environment possible. In a playful way you can talk about which behaviour is needed according to you and listen to what others would do in that kind of situation. The game provides statements about teleworking, use of workstations, communication… 

It wasn't just all fun and games for our participants during this event. Microsoft opened it's doors and gave us an exclusive look into it's brand new offices. There, our members & partners were able to see the effect of implementing NWOW into practice.