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Hello Mandy, how are you?

Yes. Come on, I’ll show you…

Well, with Skype for Business you can tag him, so as soon as he’s available,

you’ll get a notification.

No problem. I’m always happy to help people with

technical stuff.

If I were you, I’d get all the teams set up in a group on Microsoft Teams,

the chat-based workspace in Microsoft Office 365. Then you and everyone else can always see what

conversations are happening.

Sure. Fire away.

That’s Skype for Business telling us Nicolas is free

for the next half hour.

Astrid, it’s fabulous up here! I’m finally making some real progress with my report.

Sounds great. Is it easy to set up a call?

I just wish there weren’t so many versions of the document to deal with. The team in Belgium keep making tiny changes. They’re sending me one edit an hour by email!

I knew it was too good to be true! I really need Nicolas on this call but he’s always busy in meetings. I’ll never get hold of him.

Excellent! Thanks for all your help today, by the way.

Quick, let’s set up this meeting before someone else grabs him!

While we’re waiting for Nicolas, can I quickly run something else by you?

Perfect. I’ll put that at the top of my to-do list. What’s that noise by the way?

Well, for the quarterly reports, I need input from the teams across Europe and I can’t help thinking I’m out of the loop at times. People just seem to have their own conversations without letting me know what’s going on.

Why, what’s happening?

Why don’t you try a different approach? There’s a conference room at the end of this corridor. You could

edit the document with them in real time on Skype for Business.

Time: 4:30pmLocation: The conference room on floor 4

Thought you’d be impressed. I’m always up here when I really need

to focus without interruptions.

Have you been to the private pods upstairs? They’re great when you

need to do a bit of deep work. I’m heading up there now.

Want to join me?

Now we’re talkingTeamworkPart one in a series of teamwork infographics, based on what people are really talking about.

Born in 1995, Astrid is a digital-first millennial and has been with Company X for 18 months. She loves her programming role and plans to stay for at least another year. She’s well respected by her colleagues and enjoys helping people out when they have technical challenges.

A company-loyal baby-boomer, Mandy is 57 and has worked at X for twenty-odd years. Since joining as an admin assistant, Mandy has progressed her career and now successfully manages the finance department. Brilliant at her job, although she sometimes struggles with new technology, Mandy can often be heard berating the pace of change in today’s digital world.

Time: 3:45pmLocation: The water cooler on floor 2

Here’s their collaboration conversation…

Astrid & MandyIntroducing

My phone’s been going off all day, I’m getting bombarded with emails and people keep interrupting me at my desk. I don’t know how I’m going to get my quarterly report ready for tomorrow.

Ok, give me 10 minutes. I’ll meet you up there.

Time: 4:25pmLocation: The private pods on floor 4

Astrid, hi. To be honest, I’m stressed!

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