Solving for the Lack of Spinny-Chair Collabs

The loss of "circling the wagons" type of collaboration, is something I hear often from those who work in remote and hybrid roles. You miss those quick touch-bases with colleagues. You notice the loss of informal sharing and the tidbits of unwritten company knowledge that in the past were shared in break rooms and over-the-shoulder in unplanned ways. 

As a people leader of a remote team, with two seasoned veterans and three brand new team members, I struggled to know how to replicate those spinny-chair collabs. But, just because something is different or seems missing, doesn't mean it's bad or that there isn't a good alternative. It's one of my most core beliefs when it comes to remote work, that these are just new problems waiting for new solutions to be found.