One of the big complaints we hear from working people is that they’re constantly dealing with constant interruptions. Like, constantly. It never lets up, does it? If it’s not the “emergency” meeting, then it’s the daily fire drill or the coworker or manager who stops by your cube for “just a quick question.” As the [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Let the Workers (and their Computers) Work
Great piece from Slate‘s Farhad Manjoo about the tyranny of corporate computer control. If you’ve spent any time in corporate America, you know the IT drill: You’re blocked from Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, etc. You can’t use popular browsers like Firefox. You can’t share documents using Google docs, IM or other programs that foster collaboration. As [...]
ROWE for Churches – It's Happening
Over the last few years, we’ve heard rumblings from people that wonder how ROWE would work for schools, churches, nursing homes, and fire stations. Wondering is one thing…taking action is another. In the end, it takes one person with the passion for making change to get something started, and that’s what Lee Grooms did. Lee [...]
Gen Y Wants Balance . . . Even in Sour Times
First, a shout out to Lisa Belkin of the New York Times who wrote about ROWE on her blog - the Motherlode. She highlights ROWE as a bright spot in an otherwise disturbing trend: The American Society of Human Resource Managers found that while the number of companies offering things like flextime, part-time and telecommuting schedules [...]
On Technology and Loneliness
Interesting article in Newsweek about the uptick in loneliness in America. As you would imagine technology shoulders some of the blame (the opening line about the meaninglessness of Facebook friends almost writes itself) but we were also struck by two other passages and how they relate to a Results-Only Work Environment. First this: Though more [...]
The New York Times
Flexible Work in a Recession The American Society of Human Resource Managers found that while the number of companies offering things like flextime, part-time and telecommuting schedules had been increasing steadily leading up to the down-turn, the latest measure showed a drop of five percent. But there are some exceptions to that trend — places [...]
Managing the Virtual Workforce Part 2:
Exercise Your Technology Savvy
Presented by Jody Thompson
February 23 at 1pm (EST)
