{"id":2249,"date":"2020-04-20T04:20:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T04:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2023-02-10T04:50:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T04:50:17","slug":"coping-with-covid-19-making-working-remotely-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/latest-news\/2020\/04\/20\/coping-with-covid-19-making-working-remotely-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Coping with COVID-19: Making working remotely work"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2249\" class=\"elementor elementor-2249\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-65ff6dd9 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"65ff6dd9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-386b9a92\" data-id=\"386b9a92\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-42300ab2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42300ab2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7714b688\" data-id=\"7714b688\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-537b14de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"537b14de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Over the past few weeks, SRFSI has been working hard to maintain productivity, with one of our achievements being the implementation of a virtual qualitative coding workshop with 10 members, including IRRI colleagues, as we look to more deeply integrate CSISA and SRFSI projects. Using new software such as Dedoose, the team has been upskilling in preparation for analysis of a mountain of qualitative data collected over the past year. While it has been challenging to adapt to this, the team has done an excellent job of learning new skills in new ways. We are now looking forward to utilizing these skills to create new learnings that inform how agricultural transformation can be catalyzed in South Asia \u2013 despite the continued lockdowns across our three project countries.<\/p><p>Though working remotely from home was more forced than planned, it&#8217;s getting easier with every passing week, as we begin to develop personal and organization-wide systems to understand how to work most efficiently in this unprecedented environment. We are finding ways to make working remotely work.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c90874 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c90874\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-320e70b\" data-id=\"320e70b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac50bf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac50bf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote>\n<h4>\u201cYay, I don\u2019t have to spend my time in commuting everyday\u2026plus, some extra time to snooze! That was my initial thought. Very little did I realize all the distractions of being a work-at-home mom.\u201d<\/h4>\n<span class=\"lucky-begum\">\u2014 Manisha Shrestha, Communications Specialist, SRFSI<\/span><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f231375 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f231375\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-545bb8a\" data-id=\"545bb8a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05b9374 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05b9374\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote>\n<h4>\u201cWorking from home has been a part of my contract from the very beginning, and I am definitely more used to it than other members of my team. Though a unique experience, working remotely has taught me to be more self-directed and live a self-disciplined lifestyle. Although times are not favorable at this stage, there is a lot to be done on analysis part for the SRFSI project so working from home has been a very good learning and team building experience for me.\u201d<\/h4>\n<span class=\"lucky-begum\">\u2014 Pragya Timsina, Consultant, SRFSI<\/span><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-be25383 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be25383\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f28ca5c\" data-id=\"f28ca5c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1857dca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1857dca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote>\n<h4>\u201cWhile I enjoy the short commute from my room to my work room, I do miss seeing my colleagues and our informal chats during lunch. \u201d<\/h4>\n<span class=\"lucky-begum\">\u2014 Emma Karki, Senior Research Consultant, SRFSI<\/span><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c5586c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c5586c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec24e79\" data-id=\"ec24e79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07e237a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07e237a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p>There will certainly be some disturbances and barriers to smooth remote working and technology is not always quite up to the task. Power cuts, internet speeds and disruptions make downloading files troublesome, and teleconferences often have a frozen person or a broken audio\u2026we\u2019ve all been there. Yes, we do miss our conventional normal working environment, but for now we are managing the situation as well as we can.<\/p><p>For more information, contact Dr Brendan Brown (b.brown@cgiar.org).<\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7828fce elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7828fce\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-98f4f9e\" data-id=\"98f4f9e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40742d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40742d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1020\" src=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SRFSIWFHpic.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3004\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SRFSIWFHpic.jpeg 2500w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SRFSIWFHpic-300x122.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SRFSIWFHpic-1024x418.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SRFSIWFHpic-768x313.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SRFSIWFHpic-1536x627.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SRFSIWFHpic-2048x836.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SRFSIWFHpic-1568x640.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">SRFSI Project Leader Brendan Brown conducting virtual training in qualitative data analysis from Kathmandu with colleagues in four countries.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few weeks, SRFSI has been working hard to maintain productivity, with one of our achievements being the implementation of a virtual qualitative coding workshop with 10 members, including IRRI colleagues, as we look to more deeply integrate CSISA and SRFSI projects. 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