Archive for category workshifting
Reuters: How IT will change when Gen Y runs the show
Posted by admin in technology, workplace, workshifting on September 2nd, 2010
Reuters: How IT will change when Gen Y runs the show
Kristine Harper thinks she and her millennial colleagues will run things better when they’re in charge. “Our generation will be a little bit more fun, encouraging, flexible, positive. There’ll be fewer meetings, more networking, more teams,” she says.
Chicago Tribune: A shift toward working from home
Posted by admin in home office, telework, workshifting on August 17th, 2010
Chicago Tribune: A shift toward working from home
Nationwide, a push to get more workers telecommuting could save more than $650 billion a year from cost reductions associated with less office space and utilities, gasoline and transportation, traffic-related injuries, absenteeism and worker turnover, day care, meals, clothing and commuting time as well as increased productivity…
Work Shifting: Chasing Mobility
Posted by admin in mobile professionals, workshifting on August 10th, 2010
Work Shifting: Chasing Mobility
I’ve been workshifting for a long time. I started out with pens and paper and dimes for the payphone – long before e-mail was ordinary and mobile phones were ubiquitous. I embraced technology at every step, and my business life is littered with the detritus of obsolete objects to prove it.
Work Shifting: Senate Unanimously Approves Workshifting Bill Shot Down by House Two Weeks Earlier
Posted by admin in remote work, telework, workshifting on June 24th, 2010
Work Shifting: Senate Unanimously Approves Workshifting Bill Shot Down by House Two Week Earlier
The House bill should have made it a no-brainer. You’d think the staggering costs of lost productivity from federal workers during this Winter’s snowstorms–estimated by the government’s own bean counters at $71 million a day–would wake lawmakers up to the need for a trained teleworkforce. Apparently, at least in the House, those memories melted along with the ice.
Work Shifting – The Great Debate: Coffee Shop vs Home Office
Posted by admin in home office, remote work, workshifting on June 17th, 2010
Work Shifting – The Great Debate: Coffee Shop vs Home Office
There has long been a great debate among workshifters. The magnitude of this debate has people from either camp bitterly divided, fiercely loyal, and ready to do battle to defend their side. I speak, of course, of the great workshifting debate of coffee shop versus home office. In order to take a stance on the topic, I’m going to make a good ol’ fashioned pros & cons list of the two options, and by the end, hopefully, you’ll be able to decide for yourself which of these two options makes the most sense for your workshifting lifestyle.
The Times of India: Working-from-home and flexi-time increases efficiency
Posted by admin in employees, home office, workshifting on June 8th, 2010
The Times of India: Working-from-home and flexi-time increases efficiency
Researchers from Brigham Young University analyzed data from 24,436 IBM employees in 75 countries, identifying the point at which 25 percent of employees reported that work interfered with personal and family life. Given a flexible routine and an option to telecommute, they could clock in 57 hours per week, as against 38 hours in a regular schedule. “Telecommuting is really only beneficial for reducing work-life conflict when it is accompanied by flextime,” said lead study author E. Jeffrey Hill, a professor in BYU’s School of Family Life.
HBR Blog: The Workforce Paradox: We’re Short on Talent, Not Just Jobs
Posted by admin in employees, workshifting on May 17th, 2010
HBR Blog: The Workforce Paradox: We’re Short on Talent, Not Just Jobs
These two seemingly paradoxical conditions exist because many of the jobs now being created require skills that the workforce doesn’t possess in sufficient quantity. This structural mismatch will be difficult to overcome, even in a climate of growth. The “workforce crisis” is a painful reality in both directions — for companies looking for the talent required to grow and, of course, for the individuals struggling to find jobs in a shrinking pool.
The Gazette: How will we work in 2040?
Posted by admin in employees, remote work, workshifting on April 15th, 2010
The Gazette: How will we work in 2040?
The year is 2040. Generation X is nearing or in retirement, while gen Y has risen to the senior ranks of corporations across North America and perhaps gen Z will be following in their footsteps in a very different world of work, as yet another generation enters the workforce. Virtual or remote work will become an accepted norm, office spaces will shrink and be developed in regional hubs and the face of the workforce will be comprised of a network of individuals that spans the globe.
Inc. Magazine: Why My Company is Virtual
Posted by admin in mobile professionals, remote work, workshifting on April 13th, 2010
Inc. Magazine: Why My Company is Virtual
There’s a lot of pressure to have an office, but if you can trust your employees and if you don’t have a lot of physical stuff like prototypes, then it’s a great model. You’re going to save a bunch of money on real estate, and it’s going to be good for the environment, because you’re not commuting, and you’re not using an office.
Chicago Tribune: Work at home? Not so darn fast
Posted by admin in home office, opinion, workplace, workshifting on April 8th, 2010
Chicago Tribune: Work at home? Not so darn fast
A friend who writes a newspaper column asked a timely question to his online network of fellow sufferers, including me. He wanted to know in this age of e-mails, the Internet, call-forwarding and Skype videoconferencing whether we prefer to work at home or in our downtown offices. I was relieved to discover that two-thirds agreed with me: The office is better.