Hybrid enablement software helps businesses streamline hybrid workplace processes, such as scheduling and team coordination. Hybrid work solutions allow employees to schedule and communicate their work location preferences to their teams to promote collaboration and connection with colleagues, cross-functional partners, and work friends. Administrators and managers of hybrid teams—including both remote employees and office-based workers—use these solutions to set and communicate hybrid workplace policies to employees. Once policies have been set, employees build out their preferred hybrid schedules and can view their teammates’ preferred office-based or home-based days. This transparency enables employees to align their in-office days with others to facilitate in-person collaboration, meetings, or socialization. Hybrid enablement software also generates valuable insights regarding space utilization and workplace trends, providing companies with data to power decisions related to hybrid policies and real estate needs.
Hybrid enablement software typically integrates with calendar software and business instant messaging platforms, enabling employee work preferences to be shared via status updates, meeting invites, and calendar events.
To qualify for inclusion in the Hybrid Enablement category, a product must:
- Allow employees to share their work location for specific dates
- Enable users to view scheduled work locations for coworkers
- Integrate work location information with calendar tools and business instant messaging platforms
- Enable administrators or managers to create hybrid workplace policies
- Provide users with tools to align schedules across a team, such as polls, invitations, etc.
- Provide workplace analytics, such as space utilization and trends
