Ssn 1 Ep 17: Who Has the Remote?
Strategies for Cutting Costs Series
Ssn 1 Ep 17
Who Has the Remote?
How to leverage remote workstations, build a competitive edge, and make your company one of the most sought-after places to work.
SHOW NOTES
1:10: Let’s start with overall ways people can save money and reduce expenses through the use of technology.
2:54: Let’s talk about VoIP in relation to remote workstations, how does VoIP support remote working, conference calls, zoom-type meetings, chat bots, etc.?
4:55: For companies who are planning to retain remote work options for their employees, how can they reduce their physical office space and restructure the office for a more progressive work environment?
6:31: Work bars, in-office coffee bars, meeting spaces, and shared workstations.
7:12: How to use virtual desktop technology for remote working.
7:49: What other ways might there be to reduce overhead expenses?
8:30: Work-from-anywhere options and what that means for employee retention, job satisfaction, and the employees’ work-home life balance. Discussing instances where employees are able to sell their house in the city and relocate into a more rural area and stay with the company, working remotely.
9:18: Ways employees who are working remotely can collaborate and have meetings or get-togethers in person or have a shared workspace where they can work occasionally.
10:35: Creative new work environments, work bars, in-office coffee shop for employees to meet co-workers over coffee and work on a project together.
11:48: Improve morale and have a more collaborative environment; the things employees are looking for in job satisfaction have changed.
12:10: Small work rooms with white boards for breakout sessions are a creative use of floor space.
12:52: Remote working’s rise in popularity over the past few years and especially since the pandemic. Companies are weighing out the option to continue to offer remote work options to those employees who want it, while reducing expenses and creating unique workspaces for in-office work.
14:10: Remote working moving into the future, growing number of communities with a large population of remote workers, and the need for companies to embrace this direction or risk getting left behind.
At the end of the Strategies for Cuttings Costs series, we’ll be putting all the highlights together into a mini eBook that you can download. We’ll make it available in the show notes for each of the episodes in the series, so check back on that!
Your hosts: Rex Nance and Penny O'Halloran of East Atlantic Security, LLC @ https://EastAtlanticSecurity.com/
Voiceover Artist: Paul Kadach at www.voices.com
You’ll find the downloadable version of these show notes at: https://eastatlanticsecurity.com/cyber-savvy-cafe/