5 Ways Product Teams Can Adapt To Remote Work

Malte is the Head of Product and CEO at airfocus.

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If I had to describe 2020 with one word, it might be "unexpected." Nobody’s year has gone the way they expected it to, and many of us—regardless of our role—are being forced into entirely new ways of working.

This is as true for product management teams as it is for anyone else. In a world where social distancing has become the new normal, product teams are learning how to stay efficient despite an almost instantaneous shift to remote working. But what impact has this shift to remote working had on product teams? And what tactics should we be adopting to adapt?

Remote working in 2020: A rapidly evolving landscape
In 2018, 52% of the global workforce was working remotely at least one day each week.

This year? That number has risen drastically. In fact, 88% of businesses have now moved to a remote work model. That massive jump was, of course, sparked by COVID-19. However, the pandemic isn’t the only reason remote work has taken off. For the last decade, remote work has been on a consistent rise, and research suggests that's not about to change.

Both workers and managers are seeing the benefits of remote work, and it seems likely that the "new normal" will soon become just...normal. But remote work isn't all good—and it certainly isn’t without its challenges. Adaptation is never a seamless, simple process…

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