Great teams rely on their people working and communicating openly and effectively, technology should always be seen as the enabler not the solution

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Modern project virtual teams have evolved into incredibly complex constellations of individuals requiring carefully planned communications.

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I am going to start this with a confession – I am, in several ways, an Introvert. This may come as a shock to some who know me, but functionally I am very much an introvert. I get tired quickly when I spend time around people and need peace to recharge and recover, I also like to have time to myself during the work day. Unlike many of my extrovert friends and colleagues, I am not always comfortable picking up the phone to ring people either. That said, my introversion is relatively small and balanced by me being comfortable speaking to large groups – hence things like podcasts – similarly I am comfortable with media engagement and many of the other things that terrify others and equally terrified a younger version of me. Introverts and extroverts come in all shapes and sizes, there are the extremes of both scales, people who are highly introverted will on occasion struggle to engage in even simple one on one conversations and anything larger can induce a sense of panic and fatigue. Similarly extreme extroverts can rely so much on external stimulation to charge their batteries they end up draining everyone else around them. […]

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