by Peter du Toit | Jan 16, 2022 | Flexible Working, Future of Work, Future Skills
This past week was filled with examples of how rapidly the future of work is evolving. Here are the highlights. The future of work has reached South African shores Over on Business Tech there was this piece entitled More South Africans are quitting their jobs —...
by Peter du Toit | Jan 7, 2022 | Asynchronous Work, Future of Work, Leadership
Great question. I have empathy for the question as it comes from a team that has, as its frame of reference, in-person working. In-person workplaces gain and share knowledge by asking and listening. So how can you possibly “ask and listen” when people are not in...
by Peter du Toit | Jan 3, 2022 | Carbon Emissions, Climate Emergency, Remote Work
The pandemic has taught us that daily commutes for millions of office bound workers is completely unnecessary. We have also seen what less traffic has done to the air quality in cities around the globe as illustrated below. COVID-19 lockdowns cause global air...
by Peter du Toit | Dec 29, 2021 | Future of Work, Future Skills, Remote Work
One of the big mistakes some leadership teams make when considering allowing work-from-anywhere is thinking that this way of working means you never see your team in-person. This in fact is the very opposite of what makes this way of working, work. What most...
by Peter du Toit | Dec 29, 2021 | Future of Work, Future Skills, Location Independence
Prior to the forced “pandemic remote work” surveys of remote workers have consistently have them score higher on the happiness index than their in-office counterparts. For example see this from 2016. The reason for this is primarily the freedom and flexibility that...
