Our hybrid working model generally forces individuals to meet via an electronic medium rather than in person. This can cause challenges related to communication of thoughts and ideas and may require additional time spent clarifying requests.
Having a global presence with disparate teams makes things complicated. We need to take local laws and regulations into account when sending out communications.
Office culture can affect how you communicate in that if the culture is one that is toxic, non-communicative, work in silos, this will have a negative effect in trying to collaborate and work across the various functional areas to get things done.
The office is in an open-plan area which makes office discussions very difficult because of noise. Having meetings remote means the team needs noise cancellation headsets and software, this has changed our communication very positively. We believe in everyone has a say in changes to our policies, procedures and assessments.