BARCELONA, Spain, May 10, 2022
/PRNewswire/ -- Poly (NYSE: POLY) today published a new report
titled The Journey to Hybrid Working: Twelve Considerations,
in partnership with workplace research platform WORKTECH Academy.
The new report explores twelve considerations for companies to
navigate hybrid working, and identifies the key challenges around
people, technology, and spaces that employers face.
Hybrid working is here to stay as an increasingly permanent
fixture, not a short-term fad, but many organizations are
struggling to make the new model a success. The report looks at the
differences between in-person and virtual presence in the
workplace, and the need to create meeting equality irrespective of
where employees are located, utilizing the right tools and
technologies.
Key areas that Poly and WORKTECH Academy explore are:
- Balancing always-on culture against employee overwork:
Organizations must clearly outline expectations around etiquette in
a world where time and place is becoming increasingly blurred
- Redrawing the rules of informal and formal collaboration for
a hybrid workforce: Organizations must know their workforce to
understand behaviors and preferences
- Weighing up the benefits of personalized versus standardized
approaches to hybrid working: Organizations should balance
being prescriptive, and allowing employees choice and
personalization on how they work and collaborate
- Moving physical comfort for people to psychological
comfort: Hybrid work environments will need the right
technology investment to extend employees sense of purpose and
belonging outside the office
- Creating workplaces that are diverse and inclusive:
Equality of experience will be at the heart of inclusive
organizations that allow everyone to feel involved regardless of
their location and individual characteristics
Poly is working with the research team at WORKTECH Academy on a
rolling program to create new thinking, define the main challenges
and explore emerging opportunities around hybrid working. The
report identifies key themes that will be addressed in subsequent
research and analysis.
Jeremy Myerson, Director at
WORKTECH Academy, says, "For organizations to seize the
opportunities created by hybrid working, first they have to
understand the complex contours of the model and recognize some
inherent dichotomies. Our first report with Poly sets out some of
the key debates around hybrid working and an agenda for employees
to equip themselves to face a flexible future with confidence."
John Goodwin, Senior Vice
President of Public Affairs at Poly, comments, "Hybrid working is
here to stay, but there are significant hurdles to overcome before
organizations can call it a success. By identifying the 12
considerations of hybrid working, Poly is outlining some of the key
themes and challenges organizations will face in the future as they
start to implement hybrid working models. Our data found that,
within the organizations we surveyed, 48 per cent have already
adopted a hybrid approach. The same survey found that 37 per cent
of decision makers said they are prepared for hybrid working in the
short-term, but they haven't thought about their long-term plans.
Key to this will be understanding how to make the most of your
spaces, how best your people work, and where to best invest your
money in technologies that will enable a seamless hybrid
experience. Identifying the challenges and opportunities in hybrid
working now, will pave the way for organizations to plot successful
hybrid working strategies."
The Journey to Hybrid Working: Twelve
Considerations report highlights the latest research and
workplace surveys in the field, including Poly's own study of more
than 2,500 decision makers from firms with over 100 employees, and
is available to download here.
About Poly
Poly (NYSE: POLY) creates premium audio and
video products so you can have your best meeting -- anywhere,
anytime, every time. Our headsets, video and audio-conferencing
products, desk phones, analytics software and services are
beautifully designed and engineered to connect people with
incredible clarity. They're pro-grade, easy to use and work
seamlessly with all the best video and audio-conferencing services.
Poly MeetingAI delivers a broadcast quality video conferencing
experience with Poly DirectorAI technology which uses artificial
intelligence and machine learning to deliver real-time automatic
transitions, framing and tracking, while NoiseBlockAI and Acoustic
Fence technologies block-out unwanted background noise. With Poly
(Plantronics, Inc. – formerly Plantronics and Polycom), you'll do
more than just show up, you'll stand out. For more information
visit www.Poly.com.
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owners.
About WORKTECH Academy
WORKTECH Academy is the
world's leading knowledge platform and membership club exploring
how we'll work tomorrow. The Academy's content on the future of
work and workplace is curated in six streams: people, place,
technology, culture, design and innovation. It brings evidence,
ideas, and insights from its extensive membership base to a global
community of workplace professionals.
For further details, please visit www.worktechacademy.com.
Poly Media Contact:
Shannon
Shamoon
PR Manager
+1 (831) 201-9142
Shannon.Shamoon@poly.com
Poly Investor Relations:
Mike
Iburg
Vice President, IR
+1 (831) 458-7533
Mike.iburg@poly.com
WORKTECH Academy:
Kasia
Maynard
Content Editor
WORKTECH Academy
+44 777 299 6501
kasia.maynard@worktechacademy.com
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