Remote Work Tools |
Best-of-Breed Example |
Why You Need It |
How It Should Be Used |
Web conferencing |
Zoom |
To replicate the conference room |
- Meeting face-to-face for longer discussions
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Team messaging |
Slack |
Instant feedback and collaboration |
- For primary communication among team members
- When you need immediate answers
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Office productivity suites |
Google Suite |
Excellent for real-time collaboration |
- A standard productivity suite for the entire organization for easier collaboration
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Modern intranet or an internal communication platform |
Simpplr |
Highlight important communications that could get lost in Slack and email
Keep employees in touch with other departments and the broader organization |
- For two-way communications
- To create a virtual water cooler for employees to connect
- For departments to share updates with the broader organization
- To find experts and help across the company
- To provide employees a gateway to their broader digital workplace
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Email |
Google, Outlook |
Legacy tool that the entire company is familiar with |
- If you are communicating outside of your organization
- If a response is not required in the next 24 hours
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Everything else |
Salesforce, Workday, Concur, etc. |
Sales, HR, expense management |
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