• Communicates company-wide goals effectively and clearly with live streams of meetings in Google Meet with YouTube

• Fosters greater communication between teams with a social hub built on Google+

• Makes collaboration easier and faster with shared files and live editing in Google Docs

Operating across dozens of countries, the OLX Group has a truly global presence. At the same time, the company works hard to serve each community according to its specific needs. “Our official headquarters is in the Netherlands but we try to be as decentralized as possible,” says Garcia. The OLX Group wanted to help its leadership team communicate its goals effectively and keep its local teams empowered. The company looked for a solution to address its communication needs and improve collaboration in a simple, easy-to-use way that could be rapidly deployed across its workforce.

The OLX Group turned to Google Workspace, teaming up with Google Partner NextNovate to help ensure a smooth delivery and help its staff through the transition. Keen to go beyond a typical Google Workspace rollout, NextNovate and the OLX Group developed an internal social hub based on Google+, which allowed teams across the world to chat, transfer files, share content, and connect with each other with a speed they never had before. The OLX Group and NextNovate also came up with an innovative way of broadcasting leadership Google Meet on YouTube to the wider community across the world, who could ask questions and interact with the meeting via Google Forms. Meanwhile, with the full range of Google Workspace products such as Google Docs, Drive, and Google Meet, the company was able to solve many problems with a single, integrated platform.

“I can't imagine my life without Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets,” says Garcia. “Having a single document where managers in every country can input content at the same time is great. It’s the ultimate collaboration and I think it’s something that only Google can do for you.”

Google Workspace helped the OLX Group bring its workforce closer than ever before. Its ease of use and NextNovate’s comprehensive change management program meant that the OLX Group employees adopted Google Workspace quickly. “90% of our employees who are on Google Workspace are connected to our Global Social Media—the Google+ Communities. The engagement there keeps growing every month," says Garcia. The live-streamed Google Meet and social hub saw user engagement jump with each broadcast, while the feedback via Google Forms helped employees shape future meetings. In addition, with its simplicity and seamless integration of several products, Google Workspace has helped the OLX Group speed up its collaborative processes across several time zones. With Google and NextNovate, the OLX Group has found a solution that connects all its teams across the world without compromising autonomy.

“In some ways, having Google Workspace and this platform feels like we’re speaking face to face. Teams feel so much more part of the global community,” says Garcia. “You kill the middle man. People can share ideas and solutions without going through headquarters. They just do it themselves.”