Microsoft is adding features to its work communication platform Teams in order to make digital meetings more natural. With businesses becoming more reliant on virtual communication, there is more need than ever for digital tools to enable co-working between large groups.

With no bosses to keep procrastination at bay, WFH employees are missing the accountability and collective productivity of the office. And as they search for ways to bring workplace community into the home, many people are working alongside strangers on silent Zoom calls.

From FaceTime and WhatsApp calls to Teams and Zoom, digital has become the main way we’re communicating during the pandemic. Canvas8 polled 1,000 Americans and spoke to eight people to find out which digital communication methods they’re using and how they feel about them.

How is the gig economy evolving? What is the future of work-life balance? And how can managers drive performance remotely? In this part of the 2021 Expert Outlook, we speak to three experts about how people are adapting to the massive changes taking place in work environments.