Scott describes his home office in great detail in this post. I’m a little jealous because he has his own space (I have to share mine with my Wife and she’s not very tidy!) but we have a similar setup, although Scott has even more monitors than I do!. If...
Chuck (from EMC) has a nice post on their behind the firewall experiments with social collaboration, and I particularly liked this quote: One of the ways people can work together is around a document. People contribute, edit, revise, approve and distribute documents, reports, and so on. Sure, people are interacting,...
Mark Greiner (Senior Vice-President and leader of Steelcase’s WorkSpace Futures team) has a very interesting blog on a very neglected subject, at least in my view as I’m a big believer in workspace design and have posted often on the subject. I was pleased to see Mark discover the book...
On the flight home yesterday I was thinking about how I manage my time, and relaxing in a Cafe after a long walk I thought I would jot down some notes. First a little about me and my job: I am currently in a vision and strategy role, but really...
Over the last few years I have paid a lot of attention to improving my happiness at work and it’s certainly paid off. But more interesting has been the impact on my professional activities. I work mainly in vision and strategy for a large systems integrator, my focus is on...
I recently found out that my company is paying roughly $6000/year per person for a desk at one of our regional offices, in one of the cheapest areas of the UK. I was a bit surprised although on reflection I am sure its typical. What really amazed me is that...
For me telecommuting means I am able to work, so it’s wonderful and liberating. I do miss the office though and the sort of team dynamics that develops only when you work with people day in day out for years. For anyone contemplating teleworking I have only a little advise:...
One of the more interesting business trends is increasing mobility and how it will change many lives, it’s certainly changed mine allowing me to work from home, out walking, from cafes and restaurants and hotels. So I was pleased to find this very interesting open survey on this critical dimension of...
Readers of my blog know only too well that I love screen real-estate having 3 19” screens and I certainly would never go back, what amazes me is the fact that the productivity benefits are truly amazing and yet are largely un-tapped by most businesses. According to Microsoft Research you...