SelfDrvn remote work solution now integrated with Microsoft Teams

KUALA LUMPUR, 26 August 2020 – With organizations transitioning towards remote or hybrid work arrangements, new employee experience technologies (EXTech) are fast transforming workplaces, bringing together employee experience and technology to enhance productivity and organizational culture. In line with this evolution, SelfDrvn recently announced the integration of Microsoft Teams into its employee engagement platform, as part of the company’s continuing innovation to make remote work more productive, rewarding and engaging with technology.

SelfDrvn is an interactive Service-as-a-Solution platform that uses gamification, social collaboration and data-driven positive psychology to enhance engagement within a company. The platform provides users with data-driven and actionable insights to encourage talent recognition, rewards positive behavior and achievement with appreciation badges, rewards points, and various levels.

With the integration of Microsoft Teams into the platform, users will be able to use SelfDrvn as the main hub for employees. In addition to SelfDrvn’s innovative features, users can now leverage Microsoft Teams’ productivity and engagement tools such as video conferencing, audio calls, file sharing and collaboration. These are crucial solutions particularly as organizations adapt to new ways to build trust with its workforce while keeping employees engaged in the face of social isolation.

“In today’s uncertain business climate, we understand that forward-thinking companies need innovative ways of working to thrive in the new normal,” said Lam Mun Choong, Founder & CEO of SelfDrvn Enterprise. “To help companies go beyond enabling remote work with tools and technology, SelfDrvn, together with Microsoft, aims to empower collaboration with positive reinforcement and self-accountability.”

“According to the Work Trend Index by Microsoft, the total video calls in Teams grew by over 1,000 percent in March 2020, demonstrating how quickly employees are adapting to new tools to connect, collaborate and be productive. Partners such as SelfDrvn are leveraging Microsoft Teams to create new opportunities and lead digital transformation in their industries and customers,” said Pratima Amonkar, Senior Director and Area Lead Cloud Solution Partners, Microsoft Asia Pacific.

SelfDrvn was founded in 2015 and has since been gaining market traction with regional enterprise clients in professional services, telco, financial services and the retail industry across Malaysia and Southeast Asia. In the Gartner Hype Cycle for Human Capital Management Technology, 2020, SelfDrvn was recognized as a leader within the Employee Experience Technologies category, for its track record in improving employee productivity, customer satisfaction and revenue generation, as well as reducing employee turnover.

“The latest update which features a Microsoft Teams integration is a strategic move based on the exponential adoption of Microsoft Teams as a preferred communication and collaboration hub.  To help our users navigate the enhanced integrated interface, SelfDrvn platform is also equipped with a digital assistant to help our users with their onboarding process,” added Lam.

“After deploying SelfDrvn across our organization, we saw a 250 percent increase in employee productivity and an 800% increase in goal achievement. The science behind what SelfDrvn does is impressive. And they are showing the results to prove it,” said Patrick Lim, Director, Nettium, a global online gaming, e-commerce and talent management solution provider based in Malaysia.

“What really excited us about SelfDrvn was the gamification aspect of the platform which is important in keeping our workforce motivated, engaged and competitive between teams when work is so repetitive, which is a large part of keeping our workforce productive,” said Ba U Shan-Ting, Group CEO of Domino’s Pizza Malaysia, Singapore and Cambodia.

With SelfDrvn’s Co-Sell Ready status and full suite of products integrated with Microsoft Teams, the company aims to make remote work more social, engaging, rewarding and productive. With highly customized partnership strategies underway, SelfDrvn is ready to leverage Microsoft’s partner channel and world-class products to increase reach, security, collaboration, and innovation capabilities.

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About SelfDrvn

Founded in 2015, SelfDrvn is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that helps employers improve engagement with their employees and customers through effective communications, gamification and behavioral analytics. Their mission is to enable a world where employee wellbeing is synonymous to company success, and their growth is a testament that this is possible with the right balance between psychology and process.

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