I went into the office for the first time since the lockdown a day last month and it also happened to be my first time meeting other Made Tech business analysts, designers, product people and user researchers in person and I must say it felt good and very refreshing seeing work colleagues and working in the same space.
We have decided as a team to come to the office every last Wednesday of the month. It’s an idea Narelle started doing in the London office and we’ve now copied it both in Manchester and Bristol. Monthly feels like a good rhyme to commit to and not feel too pressured to attend which a weekly or daily thing could do.
The value that this gives is it enhances collaboration and helps to build working relationships. It is also an opportunity to share and learn from one another. There may be certain skills or ways of working you could pick up from just listening to someone's meeting or conversation. All of these can only be made possible when in the same physical space. Coming together every so often helps to keep that team bond and for me, that's the ultimate.
Fantastic photo Mo!