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21st century
technologies
How are these helping your business?
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Apart from
word-processing and spreadsheets, how much is your business using technology
to streamline the way your staff interact with one another and with your
stakeholders and clients? The answer
is probably not as much as as it should and could!
Before March/April 2020, very few people had heard of Zoom, let alone the
concept of “Zoom meetings” (or "Zui", in the Māori lexicon). In an interview posted on YouTube it was
apparent that even technology guru Bill Gates was surprised at the
satisfaction and accomplishment levels of Zoom meetings.
The world is struggling with the planet’s “carbon footprint” and commuting
infrastructure is causing both financial and logistical headaches around the
globe. Zoom meetings (along with other video conferencing technologies),
coupled with working at least partially from either home or a local “remote
hub”, have a significant contribution to make in reducing these
pressures. Now having experienced the
COVID-19 Lockdown, there is a realisation that expensive CBD offices for
"back office" personnel are not required in today's technological
age.
Every "good idea" needs to be supported by a business case. The analysis below allows a user to
calculate the time savings and reduction in carbon footprint by meeting
attendees participating via Zoom. To
see an example, click on the link below:
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Home to the meeting (15)
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Kg CO2e
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Non-standard flights (5)
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Kg CO2e
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Hourly cost
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Cost saving
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At NZRemoteHub.net,
we are advocating that businesses consider sharing the time-saving benefit of
using Zoom with the staff whenever possible.
Besides the considerable cost saving and reduction in carbon
footprint, there will have been a major time saving, quantifiable in the
App.
The concept of TOIL (time off in lieu) is understood within leading
employer organisations. Why not consider sharing the "saved time"
(say 50/50) adding the benefit to TOIL to be used for attending school
functions, shopping (eg around Xmas), going home early or having the
occasional extra day off? It's called
win, win!
These types of initiative soon get businesses to "preferred
employer" status!
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© 2020 NZRemoteHub.net
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