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Activity Based Working, What Is It and Are You Using It?

Jacob Morgan / August 12, 2016

Is your organization using it? What exactly is activity based working? Activity based work is work that is focused on the activity that you are doing. What does that mean, well we work in many ways and usually in a couple of environments. On average we can perform up to 21 different activities on any given work day and many of us are performing these tasks within a cubical or open floor plan. So we are working in one designed workspace to perform 21 different activities which doesn’t make much sense. Activity based working is where the focus is on the activity you are trying to complete. In other words, you work within a space designed for a particular activity and only that one activity. So you would have a different space to hold conferences, another space to collaborate with co-workers, another space for quiet contemplation and so forth. […]

Are Managers Lying To Us?

I recently spoke at a conference in Pittsburgh, and while waiting for my flight I started thinking about some recent conversations I’ve had with managers and executives at various organizations. Many of these leaders have stated how much they care about driving change, employee engagement, diversity and modernization in the workplace. However, when we look at many organizations, we see that oftentimes the exact opposite is true; employees are not engaged, work spaces are not modern, there is no diversity and the organization struggles to change at a snail’s pace. So how can these leaders and executives say they care about these things when these things are still prevalent? How can we bridge the gap between what companies want to do, and what they can do?