Hard disagree. From my experience you can perfectly collaborate from a distance, it’s mostly a matter of organizing around it. Of course it can vary on the type of work, so I would think that the better answer is “it depends”.
Yet in your comment you declare that it sucks and mostly does not work as a general rule? I just want to say that your own experience, while relevant, does not necessarily apply to everyone. Maybe it sucks for you, maybe it sucks for most people you work with or talked with about that subject. But one experience, or even a group of experiences, do not make for a universal truth.
As somebody that has worked from home everyday since 2009, nothing beats in person collaboration. Not saying you need to be in the office everyday, but to truly collaborate and get input and open discussions an actual meet session is better.
You can see who is not onboard by body language, you can see who isn’t paying attention and will miss key details, you get free conversation where a random comment provides a solution to something that wasn’t on the agenda.
And I say it as somebody that is 150% more productive at home.
Even in our own company employees often work siloed on collaborative projects, in person forces a discussion.
Hard disagree. From my experience you can perfectly collaborate from a distance, it’s mostly a matter of organizing around it. Of course it can vary on the type of work, so I would think that the better answer is “it depends”.
Yet in your comment you declare that it sucks and mostly does not work as a general rule? I just want to say that your own experience, while relevant, does not necessarily apply to everyone. Maybe it sucks for you, maybe it sucks for most people you work with or talked with about that subject. But one experience, or even a group of experiences, do not make for a universal truth.
As somebody that has worked from home everyday since 2009, nothing beats in person collaboration. Not saying you need to be in the office everyday, but to truly collaborate and get input and open discussions an actual meet session is better.
You can see who is not onboard by body language, you can see who isn’t paying attention and will miss key details, you get free conversation where a random comment provides a solution to something that wasn’t on the agenda. And I say it as somebody that is 150% more productive at home.
Even in our own company employees often work siloed on collaborative projects, in person forces a discussion.