Story from the Workplace (note that organizational names are changed to protect privacy) by Sharon Turner, Web Accessibility Analyst, CPACC Recently, my remote team completed a project during which we brought accessibility consultants on board.  While the project would ultimately …

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“We’re at a very interesting point in history when it comes to workplace technology.” On this episode of Remote Works, I share some of the research related to technology usage in remote and hybrid organizations and ideas for how to …

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I recently read a book that is coming out shortly:  Augmentation Technologies and Artificial Intelligence in Technical Communication: Designing Ethical Futures by Duin and Perdersen.  This book is a treasure trove of resources for considering how to design for the …

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Top View Of Creative Professionals Putting Their Hands Together As A Symbol Of Unity by Jacob Lund Photography from NounProject.com

For decades, research has explored teamwork and collaboration in an effort to make this process as effective and successful as possible. One of the most notable models of group development comes from Tuckman in 1965. The research identifies five stages …

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Team Of Developers Testing Virtual Reality Headsets by Jacob Lund Photography from NounProject.com

Recently, the New York Times published an article about the metaverse titled, This is Life in the Metaverse. The article outlines an immersive experiment where the author spent a significant amount of time exploring Horizon Worlds metaverse looking to learn …

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This short article from the Harvard Business Review provides some substantive ideas for how to persuade organizational leadership to support workers who want to continue working from home.  I read a lot of tip lists on this topic that just …

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Seth Stephens-Davidowitz. Don’t trust your gut: Using data to get what you really want in life. New York: Harper Collins, 2022, 320 pages.  A few years ago, I read Seth Stephens-Davidowitz’s book Everybody Lies, which provides a number of stories …

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Remote projects benefit from the adoption and use of an online project management tool. Fortunately, there are a number of project management tools that support remote and distributed team members. The following list includes nine options worth looking into.  

International Traveler Arrived With Suitcase During Pandemic by Jacob Lund Photography from NounProject.com

When working in a remote or virtual team there are some patterns that can emerge related to how people are working together. This can be especially true in geographically dispersed remote teams.