Over at Transportation for America, they’ve launched a fun new web project called My Commute Sucks. The site gives people a chance to vent their rage at being stuck in traffic, and puts the onus on the federal government to stop pursuing its current course of pouring money into a broken system. We couldn’t agree more. [...]
Archive for May, 2009
The "New" Nine-to-Five
Forbes.com recently ran a story about formerly always-on, go-go-go executives who are embracing traditional work hours as they seek greater productivity and better work-life balance. Here’s the opening story: Susan Wilson Solovic likes her sleep and her time off. But it wasn’t long ago that the hour between 2 and 3 a.m. was her prime [...]
How Do You Feel About "Bossnapping"?
The French are locking up their bosses as a labor negotiation technique. The English are throwing bricks through their bosses’ windows. The Americans are setting up fake Twitter accounts to get their revenge. What to make of all of this? First, we understand the anti-boss rage. The global economy is a mess and there are [...]
Swine Flu: The Telecommuting Trap
We weren’t going to write about it, but everywhere we turn, people are commenting “Why don’t businesses see that ROWE could have them prepared for pandemic/natural disaster situations from now until kingdom come, and we wouldn’t have to go through mass chaos every time something like this happened?!” We have to agree and give our [...]
Managing the Virtual Workforce Part 2:
Exercise Your Technology Savvy
Presented by Jody Thompson
February 23 at 1pm (EST)
