Until now, working from home was an option used to increase employee motivation through the concept of work-life balance, the share of working from home being in most cases 1 day / week. Today, under the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, working from home is no longer an option but a solution. Thus, it has become the obligation of companies to create a digital work environment that allows remote working.

1. Measures for
virus-
resistant
businessesEssential steps for a successful
transition to the virtual workspace

2. Acțiuni în situații de criză
The COVID-19
pandemy & crisis
It has immediate and long-lasting
implications for the way people
work and participate in society.
Leaders must decide rationally
and act relevantly, empathetically,
systematically.

3. Acțiuni în situații de criză
Until now, working from home was an option used to
increase employee motivation through the concept
of work-life balance, the share of working from
home being in most cases 1 day / week. Today, under
the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, working from
home is no longer an option but a solution. Thus, it
has become the obligation of companies to create a
digital work environment that allows remote
working.
Work from home -
Confidence and clarity
Digital work environment - A work environment that allows for rapid
expansion and dynamic adaptation to the changing needs of the
business, depending on global and local conditions.
The digital work
environment
allows traceability
and flexibility

4. Acțiuni în situații de criză
The need for a flexible and
digital work environment
To build a solid competitiveness base, companies
need to understand the need to create a digital work
environment. A new generation of competitive
strategies and principles of digital operations allow
timely, effective responses to highly dynamic
economic and market conditions. Business
digitalization is a powerful competitive differentiator
and a key feature of a successful 21st century
business model.

5. Acțiuni în situații de criză
Analyze the current technological
resources and capacity of the company
to implement work from home.
Correlate the business continuity plan
with the communication plan. Consider
how you can use existing technologies
more effectively.
Technology and
working procedures
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6. Acțiuni în situații de criză
Efficient use of
technology
Increasing productivity with
technology is possible when the right
tools are used.
Identify areas where you usually
waste time. Then select mobile
applications or services that directly
meet those needs.
Determine where you need an
improvement in productivity and see
if there is a technological tool
available to solve the situation more
efficiently.
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7. Acțiuni în situații de criză
LIFE EMPHATY COMMUNICATION
Change Management Plan - A management tool that defines
activities and roles for change management and control in the
execution and control stage of a project.
03Develop an awareness and
change plan
Develop a change management plan that also includes
communications from management to encourage the adoption of
technologies that facilitate connections with team members and
leaders in this new digital collaborative environment.

8. 04Quickly upgrade and expand
collaboration capabilities
Identify how you can organize your work at home with a focus on
security, collaborative tools, and digital processes. Support your
employees to learn new ways to work together.

9. Acțiuni în situații de criză
This crisis is the catalyst for the immediate
implementation of digital work processes. The crisis
will fundamentally change the way we work and get
involved in society. Company leaders need to
develop a comprehensive digital workplace
implementation plan, focusing on the following six
key dimensions.
Crisis, catalyst for
change
Digital work environment - A work environment that allows for rapid
expansion and dynamic adaptation to the changing needs of the
business, depending on global and local conditions.
Many of the
changes we are
making now will
be preserved.

10. Acțiuni în situații de criză
Continuity
Development of continuity plans
that include, in stages: staff
reductions, travel restrictions,
extensive remote work
environments.
Security
Raising awareness of security
issues, organizing rapid
response and back-up plans.
Robust network
Ensuring a good remote
connection with the employee's
devices and integration with
consumers and business
partners.
Flexible collaboration
Rapid adoption of cross-cutting
collaboration tools in the
company and building bridges
with consumers, partners and
suppliers of the company.
Virtual work environment
Evaluating the network,
adopting the technologies
needed for remote work,
providing technical assistance
appropriate to a growing
demand on mobile devices.
Communication
Providing technology and work
environment optimizations that
allow remote work. Activating
communication plans to
provide relevant internal
guidelines and policies in
remote working.
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Digital Workplace - Six Key Dimensions

11. Acțiuni în situații de criză
Keep in mind
It has immediate and long-lasting
implications for the way people
work and participate in society.
We all need to think rationally and
act relevantly, empathetically,
systematically.

12. Valoria Business Solutions
CONSTANTIN MĂGDĂLINA
Emerging Trends and Technologies Expert
constantin.magdalina@valoria.ro