Thanks to a suggestion from Marie-Christine, I discovered a very interesting survival guide written by Julian Stodd for those who dare to explore « the wilderness of remote work ».
The book is presenting in a very original and imaginative mode some general principles about remote working that encompass the situation created by the COVID-19 epidemic and the massive move to teleworking that has resulted, but that is not limited to this. In that sense it is not specific, it can be used by various kind of organisations in different contexts and this is why I find it very inspiring.
Indeed for many of us, for those organisations that did not really adopt remote working as a standard practice for their staff before, the change has been very fast and was largely improvised because of the situation. And if we are both surprised and very satisfied that it has been going so well given the conditions of that shift, it does not mean that we know what worked well and why.
This is why we need to make a critical review of what we do and how we do it, if we want to make conscious and rational choices for the future. And I find that the book, that I started reading today, is very interesting and gives the reader some food for thought that may be helpful for that purpose.
…And for the moment you can get the digital version of the book for free (click on the link to the article here!
Introduction
This short book is a survival guide for individuals, teams, and organisations thrust into a new way of remote working by the global coronavirus pandemic. It is not intended as a set of instructions, or a clear set of answers, but rather as a map with certain landmarks highlighted to indicate that we should take time to visit them on the journey. It is intended to give you a lens through which to see this challenge, and to take practical action.
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