{"id":9023,"date":"2021-03-29T16:53:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T14:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/englishbusstg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=9023"},"modified":"2025-09-30T20:49:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:49:40","slug":"coronavirus-andreas-ollmann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/en\/blog\/coronavirus-andreas-ollmann\/","title":{"rendered":"One year of the coronavirus: what we\u2019ve learned, and what we expect for 2021 by Andreas Ollmann"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av-layout-grid-1'  class='av-layout-grid-container av-rogoyq-0031dddbd671bf5491f7743ff4ae8778 entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_layout_row  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right'  >\n<div class='flex_cell av-p31502-019cbf34198df1a81c315cafb26b699c av-gridrow-cell av_one_fifth no_margin  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_cell_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first ' ><div class='flex_cell_inner'><\/div><\/div><div class='flex_cell av-nbr6tu-509e783a376ddc99ae929c634f61c474 av-gridrow-cell av_three_fifth no_margin  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_cell_one_fifth  el_before_av_cell_one_fifth ' ><div class='flex_cell_inner'><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-24f21a47aa9e952447dfbeb2bc2b9b23\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-24f21a47aa9e952447dfbeb2bc2b9b23{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-24f21a47aa9e952447dfbeb2bc2b9b23 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-24f21a47aa9e952447dfbeb2bc2b9b23 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-24f21a47aa9e952447dfbeb2bc2b9b23 av-special-heading-h1  avia-builder-el-3  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >One year of the coronavirus: what we\u2019ve learned, and what we expect for 2021<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jw2840sd-a46ab5df0baa4ba1772e8ac5ed70f824 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>This is a guestpost by Andreas Ollmann <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/ein-jahr-corona-wir-gelernt-haben-und-uns-von-2021-erwarten-ollmann\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">originally published in German on LinkedIn<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/translation\/specialist-translations\/\">translated by EnglishBusiness<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>On Friday, 13 March 2020, we in the Ministry Group spent our last workday together in our agency offices. Due to the increasingly dire coronavirus situation, we decided that if possible, we would not meet in the office for the time being starting the following Monday. The official notification from Berlin came in over the weekend. This means we\u2019ve been working from home for exactly one year, and we\u2019ve learned a lot during this period of time. To mark the one-year anniversary on 16 March, we want to look back \u2013 and also to look forward.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_image '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jw2823qo-6925986ae743797c5cb00a645bbb629c\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jw2823qo-6925986ae743797c5cb00a645bbb629c img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jw2823qo-6925986ae743797c5cb00a645bbb629c .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jw2823qo-6925986ae743797c5cb00a645bbb629c av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-9029 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-9029 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Andreas-Ollmann-quote.jpg\" alt='Andreas Ollmann quote' title=''  height=\"688\" width=\"1280\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Andreas-Ollmann-quote.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Andreas-Ollmann-quote-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Andreas-Ollmann-quote-1030x554.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Andreas-Ollmann-quote-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Andreas-Ollmann-quote-705x379.jpg 705w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Andreas-Ollmann-quote-450x242.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jw99gksl-5288cb0ebb9228913b337d5c50668b9f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhat remains: working from home and digital workshops. What follows are new concepts, new rules, transparency.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; Andreas Ollmann<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jw2840sd-a46ab5df0baa4ba1772e8ac5ed70f824 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>To begin with, we have already been working in the cloud for a decade. We were among the first Google Apps for Business customers (later G Suite and now Google Workspace) in Germany, and we have enabled every single workstation to be mobile for years. We have also had trust-based working hours and completely flexible work-from-home arrangements for years. Anyone can work from home at any time if they coordinate with the team. We even had one team with a member who moved from Hamburg to Bielefeld: they worked together every day as though the person were on site.<\/p>\n<h2>First realisation: the office is more than a workstation<\/h2>\n<p>As far as work processes were concerned, we had no logistical, technical or cultural problems, and were able to continue working without a hitch. The entire project business in the Ministry Group\u2019s communications and software division continued quite smoothly. What we did notice very quickly, however, was that an office serves other purposes than just as a place to sit in front of a computer. And we don\u2019t mean that you can quickly call out to somebody across the desk. Quite the opposite: that behaviour is a sign of poor communication, and nobody misses it.<\/p>\n<p>No, it\u2019s more about the many little bits of social exchange that make a team a team: the meetups at the water cooler, the coffee machine or the stairwell, or while people are cooking and eating together in the kitchen. Our initial idea was to come up with a replacement for these places of social exchange \u2013 a virtual coffee machine or a virtual water cooler. Quite quickly, we made appointments with each other for \u201ccoffee drinking\u201d or \u201cwalking\u201d. These were very deliberately not in the name of \u201cefficiency\u201d but rather in support of team cohesion.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_image '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jw2823qo-ff2bac94296eb154dad365dd3a432052\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jw2823qo-ff2bac94296eb154dad365dd3a432052 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jw2823qo-ff2bac94296eb154dad365dd3a432052 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jw2823qo-ff2bac94296eb154dad365dd3a432052 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-9027 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-9027 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ministry-Group-Kitchen.jpg\" alt='Ministry Group Kitchen' title=''  height=\"750\" width=\"923\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ministry-Group-Kitchen.jpg 923w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ministry-Group-Kitchen-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ministry-Group-Kitchen-768x624.jpg 768w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ministry-Group-Kitchen-705x573.jpg 705w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ministry-Group-Kitchen-450x366.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jw2840sd-a46ab5df0baa4ba1772e8ac5ed70f824 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Would our brand workshops, Design Sprints and Learning Journeys also function remotely?<\/h2>\n<p>The next thing we asked ourselves was how we could best deal with our \u201cofficial\u201d appointments. We have a number of them: brand workshops with customers, <a href=\"https:\/\/designsprint.ministrygroup.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Sprints<\/a>, and Learning Journeys \u2013 mini-conferences in which we gather inspiration for our own transformation and process it in workshops. After it became clear that we would not return to the \u201cold normal\u201d in a few weeks, we looked for tools and principles that would allow us to hold these events online in a way that was just as valuable as when we did them offline.<\/p>\n<p>Today we can say that, while there were certain start-up difficulties, all these formats now take place virtually with no trouble at all. All the necessary tools are also available in very good quality online. Naturally, the meetings have to be moderated differently, and they require completely different time management, but we have organised so many workshops over the past twelve months that we can carry them out in any form quite easily now.<\/p>\n<p>One thing we still think is wonderful is that in principle, many more people can participate in online than offline workshops. One example: normally our <a href=\"https:\/\/worklife.ministry.de\/beratung\/learning-journey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learning Journeys<\/a> are restricted to ten participants at most so that they can collaborate efficiently in the workshop portion \u2013 for instance, in a Lean Coffee format. We painlessly organised more than 20 of these journeys for one Berlin customer. When so many people are sticking Post-it notes on a board at the same time, it has to be virtual. Another great thing is that we save all the travel costs and effort. This makes it possible to get inspirational people on board who would not be able to come to a \u201creal-life\u201d meeting due to the travel expense.<\/p>\n<h2>How can events that focus on an exchange of ideas and networking take place online?<\/h2>\n<p>Our next challenge was that before the virus hit, we organised various regular business events. We normally invite guests to come to us and discuss their digital transformation with us at our in-house bar. We call these events \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firesidechat.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fireside chats<\/a>\u201d. We also organise the New Work Future conference once a year, which brings together about 60 people over two days to engage in intensive discussions about new ways of working.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_image '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jw2823qo-c56ca18d2bfedc13d7b998635ae58601\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jw2823qo-c56ca18d2bfedc13d7b998635ae58601 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jw2823qo-c56ca18d2bfedc13d7b998635ae58601 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jw2823qo-c56ca18d2bfedc13d7b998635ae58601 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-9030 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-9030 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ministry-Group-Beer.jpg\" alt='Ministry Group Beer' title=''  height=\"745\" width=\"1116\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ministry-Group-Beer.jpg 1116w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ministry-Group-Beer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ministry-Group-Beer-1030x688.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ministry-Group-Beer-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ministry-Group-Beer-705x471.jpg 705w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ministry-Group-Beer-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1116px) 100vw, 1116px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jw2840sd-a46ab5df0baa4ba1772e8ac5ed70f824 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>We tried out the fireside chats in several variations as Zoom conferences, and we must say: it\u2019s hard to compete with standing together at a bar and talking about an inspiring lecture face to face. We\u2019re going to start this format up again once personal meetings are possible. And the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newworkfuture.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Work Future<\/a> conference? It also mainly consists of personal interactions on site. In 2020, we organised New Work Future completely online. This meant we had to rethink everything: the process, the programme, the number of days, the length of the slots, the interaction spaces. As a result, the conference was spread out over four months.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_image '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jw2823qo-27dafa7225cc2013eedab61070ba33bf\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jw2823qo-27dafa7225cc2013eedab61070ba33bf img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jw2823qo-27dafa7225cc2013eedab61070ba33bf .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jw2823qo-27dafa7225cc2013eedab61070ba33bf av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-20  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-9028 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-9028 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/New-Work-Future-Andreas-Ollmann-1030x688.jpg\" alt='New Work Future Andreas Ollmann' title=''  height=\"688\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/New-Work-Future-Andreas-Ollmann-1030x688.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/New-Work-Future-Andreas-Ollmann-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/New-Work-Future-Andreas-Ollmann-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/New-Work-Future-Andreas-Ollmann-705x471.jpg 705w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/New-Work-Future-Andreas-Ollmann-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/New-Work-Future-Andreas-Ollmann.jpg 1116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-21  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jw2840sd-a46ab5df0baa4ba1772e8ac5ed70f824 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>We spread our Motivation Day out over two days in June with shortened inspirational talks, a lot of breaks, and breakout rooms for small group discussions. We moved Interaction Day to the autumn and met in short monthly meetings during the time in between, so that we could support each other throughout the crazy corona summer. We received very positive feedback from participants: Inga H\u00f6ltmann from Accelerate Academy assured us that New Work Future was the best event she attended in 2020. That makes us very proud. Nonetheless, this year we\u2019re aiming for personal on-site interaction once more, and we want to hold NWF21 here at our place in Hamburg in September.<\/p>\n<h2>What remains: working from home and digital workshops are fixed components<\/h2>\n<p>Which brings us to our outlook: how will the way we work change in 2021 and beyond? Working from home will continue to be a fixed component. We have all seen that we can concentrate on certain tasks at home much better than we ever could in the office. (Especially if we don\u2019t need to school children at home \u201con the side\u201d.) We appreciate how well professional work and family life can be connected. But we have also seen how valuable it is to be together in one room during certain processes.<\/p>\n<p>So we know that, while we won\u2019t be working from home all the time, we won\u2019t stop doing it either. That wasn\u2019t how we did it before, and it\u2019s not necessary now. Working from home will continue to play an essential role. For this reason, we are currently working on a concept for how to really use our company\u2019s beautiful 200-year-old building in post-corona times. We no longer need all the office space if a number of us will always be working from home. We have therefore decided to make the building a \u201cshared household\u201d where we \u201clive\u201d together with complementary companies or freelancers from our ecosystem. Our large kitchen, garden, bar and lounge, and the basement party room will certainly help.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-23  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_image '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jw2823qo-9c2bb2acf06924b215747d3035ac29ae\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jw2823qo-9c2bb2acf06924b215747d3035ac29ae img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jw2823qo-9c2bb2acf06924b215747d3035ac29ae .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jw2823qo-9c2bb2acf06924b215747d3035ac29ae av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-24  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-9026 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-9026 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ministry-Group-Garden.jpg\" alt='Ministry Group Garden' title=''  height=\"744\" width=\"1116\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ministry-Group-Garden.jpg 1116w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ministry-Group-Garden-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ministry-Group-Garden-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ministry-Group-Garden-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ministry-Group-Garden-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ministry-Group-Garden-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1116px) 100vw, 1116px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-25  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jw2840sd-a46ab5df0baa4ba1772e8ac5ed70f824 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Another thing we\u2019ll keep is digital workshops. As previously mentioned, working together by meeting in person and on-site is without a doubt our preferred version. However, with some projects this can be difficult, for reasons of time or for personal or logistical reasons. In these cases, we and our customers all benefit from remaining flexible, and from being able to switch seamlessly to the virtual version if needed \u2013 no matter the subject. With the necessary tools and the corresponding experience up our sleeves, this work method provides us with wonderful new opportunities.<\/p>\n<h2>What follows are new concepts, new rules, transparency<\/h2>\n<p>We are currently working on concepts for the creation of \u201cworkspaces for all ways of working\u201d rather than \u201cworkstations for all workers\u201d, because when you go to the office, you frequently no longer need a desk. Instead, workshop spaces for co-creation are called for, with the option to quickly send a few emails on your laptop or tablet now and then. 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We need transparency about how the decisions currently stand, and we need to negotiate these regulations. We currently find ourselves in the midst of an exciting process.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, we are also happy to help other organisations based on our experiences. If we can introduce our ideas and the things we\u2019ve learned over the past year to you in workshops, events or Design Sprints \u2013 or if you\u2019d like to hear our observations about the digital transformation of brands and organisations \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ministrygroup.de\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">we\u2019d be delighted to hear from you<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kmupr4pc-d0f096cfd60e14460334a79d7fc6d81a hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-31  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_icon_box '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<article  class='iconbox iconbox_left_content av-kmupdb6b-0fa3ad1a719d1ba8b94e52de698466bd  avia-builder-el-32  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class=\"iconbox_icon heading-color\" aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue8b8' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/div><div class=\"iconbox_content\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h3 class='iconbox_content_title '  itemprop=\"headline\" >About the author<\/h3><\/header><div class='iconbox_content_container '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Andreas Ollmann is the founder and Managing Director of the Ministry Group, a group of communication, new work and IT consultancies. He is a thought leader on Business Transformation for the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century with a focus on technology, communication and organisational development.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jw2840sd-a46ab5df0baa4ba1772e8ac5ed70f824 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>If you enjoyed reading this translation by the EnglishBusiness editors, why not contact our consultants and <a href=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/contact\/\">find out what we can do for you<\/a>?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m91dcy-e7a3efd425b5ea6d467b91c3f3ed7d8c\">\n.flex_cell.av-m91dcy-e7a3efd425b5ea6d467b91c3f3ed7d8c{\nvertical-align:top;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all 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