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Your communication channels must also respond to this. Illustration for location-independent internal communication Work location-independent with location-independent channels Within your digital workplace, there are several communication channels that help employees do their job as well as possible, for example: Public (and often company-wide) communication channels such as the intranet, narrowcasting or newsletters; E-mail, which is often a very suitable means of communicating with external parties; Instant Messaging and chat in collaboration platforms such as Teams.
Slack or Zoom Some of these channels are location independent. organization. Employees who work from home one day and are at the office the next day are constantly reached with the same important news. Location-dependent channels such as the good old bulletin photo editor boards and whiteboards next to the coffee machine, or their more modern brother, a narrowcasting screen, are useful communication channels for people who are in the office every day or who always come to a fixed workplace such as a factory.

For the home worker, however, these channels must be supported in combination with location-independent channels. Also read: Storytelling for more connection in the workplace [ steps] After all, it is not practical from a practical point of view to also hang digital signage screens in the home offices of all your employees, or to put posters in letterboxes. An alternative communication tool can then offer a solution. Via an intranet, a newsletter, an interactive screensaver, an app on the mobile phones of your employees, or a collaboration platform such as Teams, you reach the home worker with the same information as your office employees.
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