Work Shifting: Developing a Set of Consistent Principles
Posted by admin in plan, remote work, workshifting on February 3rd, 2010
Work Shifting: Developing a Set of Consistent Principles
Recently I have been reading the Starfish and the Spider, a book I have been meaning to read for a while now. Finally I started it and I am half way through. As I was reading the first couple chapters there were a few things that made me think of workshifters. In the book, Brafman and Beckstrom make the point that in a decentralized organization, a starfish organization, to be productive there needs to be a core set of principles that remain constant.
Freelance Folder: How to Keep Working at Home from Destroying Your Life
Posted by admin in freelance, home office, tips on February 1st, 2010
Freelance Folder: How to Keep Working at Home from Destroying Your Life
Anyone who has taken on this “dream” quickly realizes that it’s not that simple. Client meetings and deadlines, the seemingly eternal pursuit of a steady income and the “other sides” of the business are a few of the elements of working at home that, if not managed correctly, can quickly eat away at your desired freedom and potentially destroy the rest of your life.
Harvard Business Review Blog: Avatars in the Workplace
Posted by admin in collaboration, employees, virtual workforce, web conference on January 27th, 2010
Harvard Business Review Blog: Avatars in the Workplace
OC Register (Blog): Next corporate dinasaur: Office leases?
Posted by admin in cost-cutting, office space, relevance on January 26th, 2010
OC Register (Blog): Next corporate dinasaur: Office leases?
Who’d be buying office space today? Well, one company– TechSpace Holdings — just bought an LA office building (it already owned in Aliso Viejo) for its burgeoning business of flexible renting to companies that don’t want to commit to long-term office leases. Victor Memenas, chief operating officer, explains …
BusinessWeek: Five Reasons to Take Your Business on the Road
Posted by admin in cost-cutting, mobile professionals, small business on January 21st, 2010
BusinessWeek: Five Reasons to Take Your Business on the Road
Years ago, road warriors referred only to a small subset of employees whose job required them to work from outside the office. Today companies and their employees are often spread across multiple locations and time zones. Smart phones and laptops combined with cloud-based applications and services, such as an on-demand file server, can provide the mobile worker with all the benefits of a traditional office.
Harvard Business Review Blog: Predictions for 2010: Five Changes in the Way We Work
Posted by admin in Uncategorized, collaboration, employees, workplace, workshifting on January 18th, 2010
Harvard Business Review Blog: Predictions for 2010: Five Changes in the Way We Work
Recessions unquestionably leave a mark on the way we work. The approaches companies use to respond to difficult business conditions don’t only affect the company — they leave a lasting impression on the workers (and the workers’ teen-age children, who draw conclusions for their career strategy based on their parents’ experience).
WSJ: Mobile Work, Mobile Lives
Posted by admin in mobile professionals, remote work, virtual workforce, workshifting on January 13th, 2010
WSJ: Mobile Work, Mobile Lives
“The place of work is no longer as important as the knowledge of the worker and the information he has,” said D. Shivakumar, managing director of Nokia Mobile. “Individual accountability and the responsibility to deliver on the task assigned to him is higher.”
CNN: Working in ‘Wi-Fi’ limbo
Posted by admin in mobile professionals, remote work, virtual workforce on January 11th, 2010
“My office is my briefcase,” says Miller, who offers sales training to companies and networking advice to individuals. Miller is a member of a new breed of worker who doesn’t work at home or an office. They work in limbo, somewhere in between. They are the urban nomads who drift from one Wi-Fi watering hole to another with their laptops — working alone while surrounded by people.
HBR Blog: Why you should fire yourself
Harvard Business Review Blog: Why you should fire yourself
Why wait for your company to get in trouble and for the board of directors to shake up the management team? The turning of the calendar year is a good time for every manager to take stock and think about what you would do if you were starting fresh. So here’s a thought-exercise you can do: First, take a deep breath and fire yourself.
USB: Bank Branches – The Changing Nature of Workers
Posted by admin in employees, right sizing, workshifting on January 5th, 2010
US Banker: Bank Branches – The Changing Nature of Workers
From the employee’s perspective, we are finding that a large percentage of the labor pool is increasingly loyal to employers that can offer flexibility in time and place of employment, as well as training and personal development. Organizations that put into practice common sense strategies and enable process and analytical technologies are poised to truly optimize the shift in worker and work patterns to remain competitive.