When we think of training, the most common image we have is the classroom-based instructor-led training (ILT) that is provided in our early and formative years. Businesses more and more frequently need to support their employees to become proficient in the ever-changing suite of software business tools. They need to ensure they meet ever-rising productivity […]
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Telecommuting Part 5: Onboarding Remote Employees
As a company that has a large pool of employees that work via telecommuting, TWi has a long-established tradition of onboarding new team members using an online strategy in conjunction with office-based and on-site training. As our blog piece on the telecommuting culture in TWi attests to, the old saying ‘all you need is an […]
Telecommuting Part 3: The Best Remote Learning Resources
In 1959, then-senator John F. Kennedy introduced a new trope to the western world when he famously evoked the Chinese word wēijī – “crisis”. It’s composed of two elements, said the future president: danger (危 – wēi) and opportunity (机 – jī). Kennedy wasn’t quite accurate in his translation, but his view of the potential […]
Telecommuting Part 1: How Remote Working is Embedded in Our Company Culture
By Emmet Kearney on April 1, 2020 in News and Events, Technical Writing, Telecommuting, Training and Education
Whether you call it telecommuting, remote working, or simply working from home, most of us are doing it these days and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. As people and businesses come to terms with the Covid-19 pandemic, we are all facing a new reality and many companies have been forced to […]
