ON THE GROUND: REAL-WORLD SOLUTIONS TAKING THE BEST FROM A BAD SITUATION

摘要

A review of collaboration apps that made 2020 more bearable. On the heels of 2020, and with a bit of uncertainty still in the air surrounding the lingering pandemic, knowledge workers around the world are evaluating the tools that proved especially useful over the past 20 (and counting) months. There's no shortage of news articles or opinion pieces discussing the fate of remote work, and popular books like Cal Newport's A World Without Email are on the rise, challenging the status quo of our arcane work conventions. Although the dream of ditching our inboxes is still light years away for most of us, the benets of many tools highly utilized during the height of work-from-home have clear advantages. In this article we will review our favorites, rate their connectivity types by synchronous versus asynchronous, and offer a few deployment best practices for effective team communication and collaboration. Whether you have returned to the oce or are still teleworking, these apps offer something for everyone.