Are you one of those people who cling to their old ways of working. Perhaps you are a bit of a traditional conservative “Ferdinand the Bull” who enjoys sitting under your cork oak tree with your file server and mail client?

At most, maybe you use Microsoft Teams to chat with your colleagues and conduct Teams meetings? Do you think it is unbeatable to send emails with attached files to your colleagues when you need to communicate with them? Have you ever thought that you could reduce the need to jump back and forth between several different windows and applications during a normal working day. Have you thought about whether you are really using Microsoft Teams in the right way? In part four of my ongoing blog series, you can read about what I think about old-fashioned ways of working and incorrect use of modern applications. Nice reading!

Stop toggling between applications

I don’t want to have to exit Microsoft Teams during my work day. If I have to switch between several different applications (email, browser, document libraries, OneDrive, CRM system, Notes, etc.) during my working day, I get tired of all the context changes, and the information is then also in different places and I don’t get things to hang together.

I want everything, that can be integrated or managed in Microsoft Teams, to be available in the Teams I work in. I also want my colleagues to work in the same way. There should be no ambiguity about “what I find where” or “where I should store what”. We will never be truly effective if we do not all work in the same way in one and the same interface and have a stated or unspoken agreement that this is the way it should be.

Continue reading “Use Microsoft Teams the right way – Part 4 – Unify all communication and information and involve everyone needed” →