While the desire to get back to “normal” after 2 years of dealing with this pandemic is completely understandable, we have to be very cognisant of the fact that our pre-pandemic “normal” put us on...
Attempting unstructured digital workplace can be a painful experience
I often get asked: "What do you mean when you say 'you have to design a digital workplace' that enables effective anywhere-working?" Often the best way to answer this is to show an example of what a...
The impact of hybrid working
Take a look at the shift in sentiment from October 2021 to January 2022 Bay Area Council Employer Network: Return to Transit Tracking Poll Do not underestimate the impact of this major shift! For...
No, hybrid working is not the problem
It's time to admit that hybrid is not working I strongly disagree with this view. Here is why: There are some extremely successful companies that are fully distributed and office-less and have been...
The rapidly evolving future of work
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...
Onboarding: “But how will new people learn how we do things here if we aren’t together in an office?”
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...
One of the secrets of successful remote teams
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...
Unlocking Staff Happiness & Productivity
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...
Insights from Dreamforce NYC
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...
Synchronous remote working
Check this data point from a survey done recently by Robert Half of more than 2,800 senior managers and more than 1,000 workers in the U.S. Raise your hand if this has been your experience! Many...
Work has been liberated from an office – now what?
Technology has liberated work from the four walls of a physical office. How much of that freedom will you embrace? (Remember the flea in the jar?) Here are your choices: Reimagining the postpandemic...
Is your business prepared for climate disruption?
The European Central Bank, one week after the Glasgow climate talks, released a report into what’s really going in the world of European banks in terms of climate risks. It makes for some...