Why Distributed Workforce Is the Future

Posted by InCorp Global on May 24th, 2021

2020 certainly made working from home a global necessity. What was initially assumed to hinder productivity actually turned out to show many benefits for both an employer and employee.

As it turns out, staff who work out of the office more than once a month are 24 per cent more likely to be productive and happy. Companies that allow employees to work from outside the office enjoy 25 per cent less turnover.

What’s the Difference Between Remote Work and a Distributed Workforce?

The difference between remote work and distributed workforce really just comes down to scale and culture. Where remote work allows individual employees to work out of the office if desired or required, distributed work is basing your entire organisational structure on focusing on the outcome of the work, not the location it’s done from.

Put simply, remote work is a mode of work for the employee, whereas distributed work is the central mode of productivity for the organisation as a whole.   

This paradigm shift’s initial challenges are obvious — foresight and planning are required to preserve a cohesive context around the work itself without the physical rhythms of “turning up” to work every day. 

Once a company overcomes these hurdles, however, the benefits of a distributed workforce are proven.

What Are the Benefits of a Distributed Workforce?

No Longer Confined to Borders

A distributed workforce means that an organisation is not limited by geography, which has two main benefits. Firstly, it means that staff can be exactly where they need to be productive, rather than the office for arbitrary reasons. 

Secondly, it means a business’s talent pool can literally grow from a city to the entire world. Not only can you recruit the world’s best talent, but companies with higher racial and ethnic diversity also enjoy a 35 per cent increase in financial performance.

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