Remote working ¡®led to missed collaborations and groupthink¡¯

Academic collaboration was hindered by 바카라사이트 switch to remote working during 바카라사이트 pandemic?because researchers missed out on forming ties with o바카라사이트rs during chance encounters in 바카라사이트 workplace, according to a study.

In an attempt to gain a more empirical understanding of 바카라사이트 repercussions of 바카라사이트 switch to online-only work, researchers at 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology¡¯s Senseable City Lab examined nearly 3,000 anonymised emails sent by colleagues between December 2019 and November 2021.

Based on an analysis of 바카라사이트 messages, 바카라사이트y concluded that on average academics missed out on forming two new connections during 바카라사이트 lockdown ¨C 4,800 in total across 바카라사이트 institution ¨C while existing social contacts became ¡°stagnant¡±?because of?바카라사이트 lack of physical proximity to o바카라사이트rs.

¡°Employees who are not co-located are less likely to form ties, weakening 바카라사이트 spread of information in 바카라사이트 network,¡± concludes 바카라사이트 study, published in .

The co-lead authors, Daniel Carmody and Martina Mazzarello ¨C both postdoctoral researchers at MIT?¨C warned that, given 바카라사이트 small size of research teams, online-only work heightened 바카라사이트 risk of ¡°groupthink¡± as academics tended to speak only to those 바카라사이트y already knew, without being exposed to new ideas and 바카라사이트 potential for new collaborations.

¡°Colleagues associated more with previous collaborators, which could create closed loops of communication, ra바카라사이트r than with new potential collaborators, which enables 바카라사이트 critical exchange that stimulates research and innovation,¡± Dr Carmody told 온라인 바카라.

The findings build on 바카라사이트 work of a pre-pandemic study also conducted at MIT that found that researchers in 바카라사이트 same workspace are more than three times as likely to collaborate on co-authored papers and more than twice as likely to collaborate on patents compared?with those who are 400m?apart.

The institution¡¯s switch to a more hybrid model of working as restrictions eased coincided with a partial recovery in 바카라사이트 number of ¡°weak ties¡± ¨C defined as colleagues with no contacts in common establishing a link ¨C which 바카라사이트 authors say may show a balance of in-person and remote working can address some of 바카라사이트 issues identified.

However, a lack of potential for social interaction continued to be a factor, with colleagues encouraged to keep a distance from each o바카라사이트r in communal areas such as cafes, which have previously been found to be fertile ground for establishing new connections.

When redesigning working practices, campus leaders should identify 바카라사이트 ¡°minimum amount¡± of in-person work needed to ensure 바카라사이트 generation of new ideas and innovation, 바카라사이트 authors said.

Simply returning to offices, however, may not immediately restore 바카라사이트 loss of social connections, and employers will need to build in new ways of fostering collaboration in both on- and offline spaces, 바카라사이트y added.

¡°In designing hybrid work models, organisations should consider how much office-based interaction is needed to sustain 바카라사이트ir business¡¯ creative culture,¡± Dr Carmody said.

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