{"id":37613,"date":"2022-09-26T15:51:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gpstrategies.com\/the-hybrid-workforce-creating-an-effective-working-culture\/"},"modified":"2023-04-06T08:41:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T08:41:13","slug":"the-hybrid-workforce-creating-an-effective-working-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gpstrategies.com\/blog\/the-hybrid-workforce-creating-an-effective-working-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hybrid Workforce: Creating an Effective Working Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many organizations have adopted a hybrid working approach. It provides employees with the flexibility of how, where and when they work. With a better work-life balance, greater ability to focus, and much fewer distractions, it\u2019s easy to see why businesses would embrace such a model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accommodating this environment, however, takes work. Considerations such as how to maintain a productive and efficient workforce comes into play. How can businesses continue to provide quality experiences to people from all working environments? How can they build <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpstrategies.com\/blog\/well-being-conversations-why-should-leaders-bother\/\">virtual connections<\/a> and cohesive teams? And what role does technology play in all of this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our four-part video series, GP Strategies\u2019 Chief Learning &amp; Innovation Officer and Senior Vice President, Matt Donovan, explores what a successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpstrategies.com\/resource\/developing-a-holistic-approach-to-enable-the-hybrid-workforce\/\">hybrid workforce<\/a> looks like, and offers tips and tricks on how to build such a culture within your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-virtual-vs-hybrid\"><strong>Virtual Vs Hybrid<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>How can organizations create an effective hybrid work environment whilst advocating productivity and efficiency?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Hybrid Workforce: Virtual v Hybrid\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ab4I1EK7WMU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Equitable Experiences<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>How should businesses create equitable learning experiences across hybrid workforces? 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I found that classes and teachers that nurtured a personalized approach really resonated with me, while those that did not were demotivating and affected my relationship with the content. Too often, the conversation would come to a head where the teacher would ask, \u201cWhy can\u2019t you learn it this way?\u201d I would push back with, \u201cWhy can\u2019t you teach it in a variety of ways?\u201d The only path for success was when I would deconstruct and reconstruct the lessons in a meaningful way for myself.\r\n\r\nI would say that this early experience has shaped my career. I have been blessed with a range of opportunities to work with innovative organizations that advocate for the learner, endeavor to deliver relevance, and look to bend technology to further these goals. For example, while working at Unext.com, I had the opportunity to experience over 3,000 hours of \u201clearnability\u201d testing on my blended learning designs. I could see for my own eyes how learners would react to my designs and how they made meaning of it. Learners asked two common questions: Is it relevant to me? Is it authentic? Through observations of and conversations with learners, I began to sharpen my skills and designed for inclusion and relevance rather than control. This lesson has served me well. \r\n\r\nIn our industry, we have become overly focused on the volume and arrangement of content, instead of its value. Not surprising\u2014content is static and easier to define. Value (relevance), on the other hand, is fluid and much harder to describe. The real insight is that you can\u2019t really design relevance; you can only design the environment or systems that promote it. Relevance ultimately is in the eye of the learner\u2014not the designer. \r\n\r\nSo, this is why, when asked for an elevator pitch, I share my passion of being an advocate for the learner and a warrior for relevance."}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gpstrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gpstrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gpstrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpstrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpstrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpstrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpstrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gpstrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpstrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpstrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37613"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpstrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=37613"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpstrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=37613"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpstrategies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=37613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}