For many knowledge workers, this is a brave new world. Despite the fact that we usually sit in front of computers most of the day, and always have, we're not used to doing everything in front of computers every day.
We can email and Slack and talk on the phone just fine, just like before. But we can't get together—we can't brainstorm at a whiteboard and we can't talk or physically collaborate in active groups like we used to.
We are now virtual workers, doing everything through a screen and on a wire. Many are out of a job during this pandemic, but our work can get done. There are two sides to the world of virtual work. Confoundingly, it is: 1. Incredibly advanced, and 2. Incredibly primitive.
We have live video calls... that glitch out.
We have onscreen drawing tools... that feel like decades-old technology.
We have rich collaborative workspaces... that people simply get lost in.
But the tactics and tools exist. What most people need is guidance and experience, so here's a little bit of what we've learned doing virtual collaboration. These five things are "must-haves"...
