Watching the below video which the Workplace team released today caused me to stop and reflect on a conversation I had with an executive at a bank recently. The general topic of the conversation was, why should we spend money on Workplace when we already have lots of collaboration tools such as email and intranet in use today.
Over the past week, a few of the Enablo team have been lucky enough to be hosted at Facebook London HQ - also known as Workplace HQ.
The office opened several weeks ago, but the buzz around makes it seem like a well-oiled machine of scale. It was great enough seeing the Facebook machine work, but even better to see the huge growth and exceptional team (growing fast too!) behind Workplace.
Working in a retail organisation means there are a lot of differences between your headquarters, the colleagues working in the shops and the colleagues who work in between. Not only are there different shifts, you will often be working in different time zones. Employees working at HQ mostly are bound to their laptops, while shop floor employees don’t spend that much time facing a screen regardless of whether it’s in the staff break-rooms or a mobile device.
For the majority of people, Facebook is a daily exercise.
Whether it’s using Messenger, posting to friends, finding new businesses and events or just scrolling.
With this continual use on a daily basis, it’s no surprise Facebook’s latest offering is gaining momentum rapidly. Enter, Workplace by Facebook.
One of the biggest benefits that organisations who adopt Workplace by Facebook get to realise is the massive reduction on email inbox clutter and noise. I have yet to meet one person who does not complain about the volume of email they receive in their Work inbox.
As things stand today, the team here at Enablo are all pretty much digital nomads. We have a small team that’s frequently travelling for work, but even when we are all at our respective home-base, the team is distributed across Brisbane, Byron Bay, Bali, Sydney, San Francisco and Atlanta!
The team here at Enablo are huge fans of Facebook’s simple yet somewhat revolutionary pricing model for Workplace. Facebook have taken the position that they will charge monthly, in arrears for active users. The definition of an active user is as follows:
We’ve heard it all before. You’re skeptical about Workplace. You might think it’s just one of those hypes that will blow over or that just doesn’t work for your organization. But now we have your attention, we’d like to explain some things. Because before you turn down Workplace, there are some common misunderstandings we hear all the time which we would like to set straight. So, grab a coffee and let us share our thoughts. Happy to hear yours as well!
Workplace is not just another internal platform. It really can change the way of working inside your organization. Choosing to change that might take a solid business case. We’re here to help you.
Workplace by Facebook is a great platform to increase your employee engagement. But let’s be honest: engagement doesn’t come by itself. It needs some proper community management.