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Flexible work, The Future in 5

Is Working Remotely Career Suicide?

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Jack Welch recently shared a post on LinkedIn in which he compared working remotely to career suicide. While it is not always easy to disagree with someone so respected and influential, I do disagree very strongly with the idea that working remotely will always kill your career. Of course, if you were to work in an organization that does not have the culture that accepts and encourages remote work then that could definitely be a challenge to maintaining your career. However, if your organization believes in and supports it, then working remotely should not be seen as an obstacle to advancing your career. […]

Culture, Flexible work, Leadership and Management, The Future in 5

How to Create a Corporate Culture When Your Teams Are Remote

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A couple of weeks ago someone left me a comment asking me how an organization can create an engaging and positive corporate culture with remote team members. This is certainly a big challenge for a lot of companies around the world. There are lots of interesting and creating things that organizations can do and I share a few of them in this latest episode of the #futurein5. But, I will say that the #1 thing that any organization can do around this is listen to employee feedback. […]

Culture, Flexible work, Future of work

Working In The Year 2040

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The folks over at Johnson Controls have put together an interesting report called Smart Workplace 2040: The Rise of the Workspace Consumer. It’s a lengthy 84-page report that explores various scenarios for what the workplace might look like in 2040. Predicting anything 5-10 years in the future is tricky enough, but 25 years might as well just be a thought experiment. Still, it’s an interesting thing to explore. In the report, Johnson Controls clearly state that they are basing their predictions on a few assumptions. While the report is quite expansive, I wanted to highlight what they have identified as a series of complex model locations for where work will get done. […]

Flexible work, Strategy

5 Things You Need To Know About Telecommuting

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The debates around open vs closed office spaces are continuing to heat up and I still think these debates are absolutely pointless. As I’ve said many times the debate shouldn’t be around cubicle or open space it should instead be all about workplace flexibility. That is giving the employees the option to work how they want to work and not how your organization tells them they should work. A part of this workplace flexibility includes telework, that is working from places other than the office. Dell, Aetna, and Xerox are among some of the most forwarding thinking and progressive companies when it comes to offering telecommuting options. I spoke with all three companies and this is what I learned.

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