At the Dreamforce NYC event this past week during Brett Taylor's keynote he outlined how Salesforce sees the future of work. There were a couple of things about this worth highlighting. 1) The...
Forrester: Companies will fail at anywhere-work
This from their Predictions 2022 Europe insights Ten percent of companies will commit to a fully remote future. For the remaining 90%, vaccine mandates will lead to complications but won’t be the...
So is in-person working better?
Traditional in-person leadership teams consistently say in-person working is more effective. To which my comment is always “so how do you explain how the very successful office-less teams function?”...
How to cutdown on online audio/video meetings
Earlier this week I shared this about how fully distributed office-less businesses hire using Slack. The reaction from most traditional in-office teams when seeing this is “What!?” Here is another...
We are at a critical juncture
The science is very clear - the climate disaster is here (See this excellent piece of journalism using the current available science to inform on what happens next The climate disaster is here —...
The new normal — no office
Most startups going forward will be office-less. As a result they will be able to scale faster, have access to a global talent pool, be more agile and move faster than any physical office bound...
Work-from-anywhere prerequisite
A team must possess the skill to communicate and collaborate at distance as effectively as if they were sitting around a table in-person. It must be that seamless. This skill is often referred to as...
Why employees want “hybrid working”
As can be seen from above, 64% of employees surveyed want to spend between 1 and 4 days “at the office.” There are a number of reasons for this, but primarily it boils down to this: 1) At home time...
“But how do you maintain company culture if everyone is working remotely?”
This is the question we are asked most often by those forced into remote working by the pandemic and who are experiencing a fraying culture. The answer is intentionally. Now, the teams that have...
Why employees want hybrid working
This data point from recent Accenture research is enlightening. We want to focus on the 25% that state their reason for wanting to come into the office on some days is because they want to...
Google Doc vs Whiteboard
“We need to be in the same room with a whiteboard to brainstorm!” Have you heard that before? Let’s see if there is a better way: On a physical whiteboard you can: Easily draw shapes and...
Don’t blame remote work
Dear executives… Please don’t blame remote working when hybrid workplaces fail, which they very likely will. Blame the hybrid model because THAT is where the problem lies. Remember, of the three...