Decoding Yubi's formula for supercharged productivity
Yubi's integration of state-of-the-art technology puts people first, making collaboration more personal and meaningful
Graham Bell would be gobsmacked at how far communication technology has come since he invented the telephone. Landlines, fax machines, snail mail? Tales from the past! Humans and machines are increasingly becoming inseparable partners, working together seamlessly to create a new era of collaboration. Sample this - the fictional Lumon Industries in the series Severance offers a procedure that allows employees to have their work and personal memories separated. Sounds futuristic? It’s not. Neural implants are a reality!
The transformation sweeping the workplace is a perfect example of how technological evolution is imparting new meaning to collaboration. Technology has changed the way we communicate, making it more informal and playful. We use abbreviations, emojis, and other informal language online, thanks to social media. State-of-the-art productivity platforms like Slack are making lives easier in the workplace for teams to communicate more effectively, collaborate more efficiently, and stay organised. Whether it's Tony Stark controlling his digital world with Jarvis in the MCU or the inter-galaxy calls in The Mandalorian, the pace of innovation in the Slack ecosystem is rapidly turning fiction into reality.
The standout story of Yubi
At the recent Slack City Tour event in Bengaluru, Slack brought together customers to talk about their experiences of adopting the platform, unlearning and relearning, cultural change, productivity gains, and the future.
The story of Yubi stood out. It is a fully integrated, unified digital debt lending platform connecting enterprises to banks. At the event, Yubi's Chief Data Officer (CDO), Mathangi Sri Ramachandran, recounted her organisation's journey with Slack and the cultural changes it has brought to Yubi. Initially, there was some internal resistance , with concerns about the reliability of the technology, how effective collaboration would be, and the expected outcomes. As Yoda famously said in The Empire Strikes Back, "You must unlearn what you have learned"; the process of discarding old beliefs and habits in order to make room for new ones is difficult. When this maxim is applied to an organisation, the task becomes gargantuan. It is a cultural shift.
Underlining this cultural shift, Mathangi said, “Async work is not a new concept, but for an organisation to switch en-masse to Async work on a productivity platform like Slack was a fundamental change.” The statement is profound because it captures the power of change. For Yubi, getting everyone on board, familiarising them with the tech and its add-ons, and making it a part of work-life were critical to performance.
