The Office Is Not the Enemy… Outdated Thinking Is

About this episode

The episode discusses the shift from traditional office collaboration to digital environments and the importance of adapting leadership styles to foster effective teamwork.

The core engine of modern collaboration no longer lives only in the office. It lives in the digital environment. That is where information moves fastest. That is where international collaboration happens. That is where enterprise data can be accessed, organized, questioned, and turned into usable knowledge. That is where true knowledge management can finally become more than a corporate slogan. This is exactly where DI(Digital Intelligence ) becomes critical as a team member. Companies keep telling employees they need to return to the office for collaboration, innovation, and culture, but if the real goal is collaboration, then why are so many companies still thinking only in terms of forcing people back into the office, we need to create a collaborative environment where people and DI can work together in a mutually beneficial way. Poor leadership is the weak link. The old thinking says: “People must come into the office.” “Managers need to see them working.” “Management by walking around still matters.” This is the pre-pandemic office and it was not the pinnacle of collaboration. Many people were already sitting in offices while working inside what was really a corporate…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sue Gilenson, Marc Gilenson

Topics covered

• collaboration
• digital intelligence
• remote work
• leadership
• knowledge management
• corporate culture

Keywords

• digital collaboration
• remote work
• knowledge management
• leadership
• corporate culture
• digital intelligence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Slack, Teams, ERP systems

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