The least we could say, is that our month of March was not really what we expected it to be. As most of the in-person events have been suspended around the world, we needed to re-think the way we are encouraging girls to learn and explore STEM subjects. And thankfully, we love thinking and re-thinking!
Today, teachers, schools, families and society overall are all trying to figure out, “How can we help our children to study remotely and stay motivated to learn?”. In March, our team dived into this same question and through our creative design process, we are now bringing forward solutions to help others for learning Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
From an online portal to live broadcasts, we are thrilled to be working on so many exciting and fun projects together, while being apart. Right now, our team is all over the world, with house offices in Belgium, Brazil or the UK, and clearly, these new working environments sparked our creativity! And we thought everybody would enjoy our scientific method of teleworking… so be ready, and see how we truly apply science to our everyday life!
The Scientific Method of Teleworking
You know us… OF COURSE we’re having fun with virtual backgrounds during our meetings…!!
As the days get slightly warmer, and March turns into April, it has occurred to me that our g4g team has officially survived nearly three weeks of telecommuting to work – a very new concept for a small office that prides itself on access to constant chocolate and coffee, and being able to bask in the sun through very large Brussels Atelier windows!
Although it’s not new to one of our members, who joins in from her lovely UK home, it has challenged all of us to test out new working conditions with the finesse and resolve of the scientific method.
If we telework from home by keeping connected virtually at regular increments then we will extremely efficient in our professional and personal work because we will save commuting time, eat less chocolate, and be able to put on laundry before and after working hours.
Our results after nearly 3 weeks, have been interesting to note.
Our Partnership and Events Manager has been systematically observing and tracking the results of carefully calculated proportions of baked goods – ranging from muffins, to cookies, to breads – in-between answering emails and tackling partner proposals. Her two (small) official taste testers are happy to report on the best formula and modifications needed.
Our Project Manager has been hypothesizing that creativity has a deep relationship to science learning as she explores how to best share that with kids, whilst taking on new workshop ideas and… coveting vital survival items like marzipan from the grocery store.
Our Communication Manager has been experimenting and testing a new garden full of delightful vegetables – particularly seven small yet vibrant radishes eager to be eaten – whilst balancing the creation of a full new communication strategy for our year ahead.
Our HR Manager has been formulating new learning methods of teaching with her three little ones (plus two dogs and one cat) at the same time as running daily, and making sure all of her team has their finances accurately calculated!
Our Founder and Chairman has been measuring our virtual laughter responses by sending us Google 3D animal images of bears in her kitchen – at the same time as doing a million other things.
Based on our observations so far, the data suggests that there are simply too many variables to determine if our hypothesis has been accurate predicated or not yet… so… stay tuned to see how our teleworking exploration develops and discover all the fun projects we are working on!
