Jacob Morgan | Best-Selling Author, Speaker, & Futurist | Leadership | Future of Work | Employee Experience

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Flexible work, Strategy

5 Things You Need To Know About Telecommuting

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.

Future of work, Strategy, The Future in 5

Is Your Company Doing Enough Experimenting?

Today on the Future in 5, I talk about experimenting. A lot of organizations are trying to figure out what the future of work is going to look like. I’m often asked what steps they should take — what they should be thinking about. Ultimately, I think in this business environment where things are changing so quickly, the best way to mitigate that uncertainty is to run experiments. We need to start treating our organizations more like labs where we can experiment and less like factories where everything is formulaic and based on a template.

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