As more businesses are encouraging their employees to work from home, the demand for innovative online solutions that facilitate remote work is growing. This could spark unexpected advancements in work culture and innovation.
Business owners may be pessimistic about how effectively their teams will function when individually isolated. But what if working from home could revolutionize the way your business functions – for the better? What if the coronavirus were actually good for your business?
Wait, what? How?
The answer lies in collective intelligence.
According to an article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, a collaborative approach is the most sustainable way of meeting multifaceted needs. This makes a bucket-load of sense if you think about it: a team of professionals from varying fields of expertise will approach an issue from multiple angles. This three-dimensional perspective means that not only are more creative, well-rounded ideas produced, but a greater number of potential issues can be identified and resolved pre-production.
But collaboration and knowledge sharing aren’t just good for businesses, they’re also good for individuals. Working in a diverse team distributes the workload between members, encourages healthy working relationships and allows people to pool their expertise toward a common goal.
So how do you collaborate under quarantine? Why you turn to online solutions, of course!
From adaptation to transformation
There are a plethora online collaborative tools to pick from, but if you’re going to really innovate, why not go all the way and introduce a more effective, inclusive, creative environment that produces more imaginative solutions?
Innodirect differs from other knowledge-sharing platforms in that all exchanges are anonymous, improving the quality and quantity of ideas produced. To ensure professionalism, efficiency and to avoid trolling, messages are validated before being posted. This all sets the groundwork for team members to express their ideas more freely, without fear of judgement, damage to their professional reputation, or trepidation about online harassment.
The second aspect setting us apart is that each discussion on our platform is manually facilitated in order to obtain optimal results. The facilitator keeps discussions on track, encourages participation and recaps ideas. Added to this is the convenience online discussions offer, allowing users to participate from anywhere at any time.
Simple, easy-to-use and budget-friendly; online collaboration is surely the key to adaptation and transformation in these transitional times.