Enabling Remote Workers Using Flexible Working Technology

In partnership with AV integrators, Visavvi.

The face of the workplace has changed dramatically over the last decade. Expectations regarding working hours, dress code and location have shifted, with the focus now being firmly placed on working more efficiently and encouraging a healthier work-life balance. As a result, businesses have adapted a more flexible mindset and that manifests itself most visibly when it comes to employees’ working location.

In fact, statistics from the Office of National Statistics have shown that 4.2 million people worked from home in 2015 and the expectation is that half of the UK’s workforce will work remotely by 2020! However, this poses a new challenge for businesses – how can they successfully manage a dispersed workforce and foster a natural flow of communication and engagement amongst employees?

We’ve teamed up with AV specialists, Visavvi, to identify the flexible working technology that can support a company’s flexible working policy, particularly the benefits of video communication to make it a success!

Flexible Working with Video Communication - by Visavvi

The rise in flexible working policies is where technology proves its worth, with business communication and collaboration technologies being developed to bridge the geographical gap between people. Whether going down the audio or visual route, businesses have a wide range of solutions at their disposal!

Headsets, USB cameras, video conferencing solutions, telepresence solutions, interactive collaboration boards, or software environments such as Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Convene and Zoom. These technologies can be adapted to work in isolation or together in a Unified Communications (UC) environment to suit any business setup. Working from any location, on any device is possible with careful consideration!

Integrated Technology in the Workplace

In addition to the portable and online technology that allows employees to work flexibly away from the office, it’s also important to equip team members who are in the office with the means of easily contacting those who are out of it.

Integrated technology should be an important consideration in all office interior design schemes, and for all of our clients, we ascertain the importance of their office IT infrastructure when designing a space for them, helping us to understand the technology they need on a daily basis.

As a result of this process, we will specify the appropriate integrations to help enhance a business’ activities, and working with experts like Visavvi enables us to find the best possible solutions for each. Spider conference phones, and televisions with integrated cameras, can all support a company’s flexible working policy by allowing the office-based team to easily communicate with those working away from the office. Depending on the technological requirements, acoustic considerations can then be made to minimise noise reverberation and shape a comfortable and productive environment.

If your company has a flexible working policy or is looking to implement one in the future, we can help to equip your workspace with all that it needs to support this. We can also partner with our tech friends over at Visavvi to help identify the solutions that will boost the productivity and efficiency of your teams. Get in touch to chat to us about your technology requirements and to find out how your workspace can support flexible working.