Homing in on the work issue

24 September, 2020

Simon Haighton-Williams, CEO of Adaptavist, reflects that high-performing teams embody mastery, autonomy and purpose, so he believes it’s natural that people adopt the tools that have proven to work well in their personal lives when faced with new challenges in their professional lives. However, Haighton-Williams stresses that organising the chaos and confusion between these channels is key to maximising the benefits they bring.

A sudden, largely unanticipated move to an unprecedented level of home working has become the necessary norm – at least for the time being. Therefore, individuals and companies are having to do whatever they can to work efficiently and productively. Ostensibly, things might appear to be ticking over satisfactorily, but there are likely to be areas where things could be improved, for example in the way people and technology work together. Haighton-Williams believes now is the time to see what positive patterns have arisen that need to be reinforced and what negative patterns need to be changed. “Those that get this right will innovate faster, be more operationally efficient and attract top talent. Those that don’t will likely struggle to survive,” he remarks. As the old saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention.