The spread of the Corona virus is forcing us all to change our lives as a whole and our working lives. Work gives structure to our lives, it provides us with contact with other people, it gives us a purpose and a task.

 

 

For us, the employees of digitalsee, this change is only partly noticeable. We have been working mobile and from the home office since the first hours. Of course, there are still changes: For example, working at home is suddenly put to the test because the children have to be kept busy or the partner has a video conference at the same time.

 

However, much is routine for us. Meetings without face to face: getting feedback, giving feedback, appreciation, helping, getting help, teaching others, getting in touch with people, mutual exchange, creating something together, we can already do that.

 

Of course, we also miss the face-to-face meetings and the casual conversations over a good coffee. Here are a few thoughts on how we can manage to have positive experiences at work even in times of Corona in the home office:

 

  • Instead of communicating only via email, set up regular phone calls, teleconferences or videoconferences.
  • Keep your team meetings.
  • Think about a joint virtual lunch break or coffee round.
  • Due to the lack of social contact, there is also less opportunity for appreciative exchange. Therefore, it is especially important now to maintain a friendly and appreciative attitude.
  • Inform your colleagues when a (joint) project has been successful. It's better to communicate more than before, as the "grapevine" is no longer there. Especially people who live alone lose an important social resource.
  • Offer your help concretely or actively ask for help.
  • Plan your day and determine the tasks you want to accomplish, so you can set yourself challenges and be happy when you've done them.

 

In these times, we are partly slowed down, we can no longer act as before. But some people are already noticing that there are also opportunities here: Less travel offers the opportunity to work more on content. The need to communicate and exchange through technology, to hold events online, gives us the chance to get to know new technologies.

 

Each obstacle also offers a sea of possibilities - digitalsee