Why virtual teams suffer from isolation and how to change that
Or: How to kill your co-worker by ignoring Slack messages “One of the surest ways to lower individuals' self-esteem is to reject them.” (Forsyth, Donald Group Dynamics) Imagine: You are on social media, Facebook, Slack, Whatsapp, you call it. You write a message to a contact that is online. The addressed somebody received the message and read it. But then: nothing. Minutes pass, and nothing. The person you texted does not reply to you. How…