Remote Work Readiness: Deepak Selvaratnam (RemotAbility) | Starting Remote #07

Are you ready to work remotely?RemotAbility. Assess, benchmark, and manage remote workplaces from one central hub.This week, on Starting Remote, we talk with Deepak Selvaratnam about RemotAbility, a tool built to help organizations and individuals understand if they are ready to enter the world of remote work. It is a legally aligned assessment, checklist & benchmark that can be easily turned into a series of action items. Deepak is the founder and co-developer of Snapshotz & RemotAbility (https://www.cxsnapshotz.com/s/remotability)Snapshotz is an online assessment and benchmarking tool for Contact Centres. Launched in 2009 Snapshotz is being employed by close to 3000 contact centers across Australasia, Africa, the Middle East, North America, Latin America, and China.RemotAbility is built on the Snapshotz platform and experience. A tool supporting organizations to understand their readiness for moving remotelyBesides RemotAbility, Deepak is sharing with us:- His experience in working with more than 2800 contact centers around the world- The challenges these contact centers are facing in moving to remote work- Mental Health & Productivity when remoteWe hope this will be a useful tool for those of you who are looking to understand if you are able to move work remotely. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.To find out more about Deepak and to get in touch with him: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepak-selvaratnam-b8182a11/STARTING REMOTE is a new Skills for Mars series. It is a follow-up to Making Remote Work, and it aims to bring forward insights and tools that will help companies and teams who are now starting their remote adventure. It also aims to collect unanswered questions about remote work and put them in front of researchers to focus their studies on supporting those going through the remote journey. If you are interested in the Future of Work - subscribe to Skills for Mars: www.youtube.com/skillsformars Support the Skills for Mars podcast? Please visit: https://www.skillsformars.com or https://www.patreon.com/skillsformars - LinkedIn @skills for mars - Facebook @skillsformars - Instagram @skillsformars - Twitter @skillsformars

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