Over in America, Telework Week has just passed – and over 100,000 people pledged to telecommute for at least part of their working week. Last year, 71% of participating organisations and 75% of participating telecommuters saw an increase in productivity, …
Mayer’s decision to end telecommuting at Yahoo! Has been met with near universal jeers, and for good reason. The short answer to the question does anyone agree with Marissa Mayer’s recently reported decision to ban telecommuting at Yahoo! is: only …
Thanks to Noel Bellen at Plantronics for sharing this infographic with us. According to it, 50 percent of bosses are still against teleworking; another 35 percent merely tolerate it. So, why is that? Some of these statistics don’t help the …
For the 10th and very special edition of our mobile working podcast we put together the very best bits from past episodes – including 9 mobile working tips from 9 mobile working experts. What you’ll learn in this episode Why …
About six months ago, I wrote a post for this blog on Work-Life Balance vs. Work-Life Blur. In it, I shared two definitions of flexible workers: as ‘Integrators‘ and ‘Boundary Keepers‘. Boundary Keepers “keep things separate,” I wrote. Integrators “mix …
If you’ve decided to ditch the office and work remotely, whether that’s from home or on the road, it’s really important to start your flexible working journey off on the right foot. And if you’ve got stakeholders involved, like a …
In recent years, there’s been an explosion of coworking spaces, coffee shops and libraries offering free wifi, as well casual coworking ‘Jelly’ events. The bemused home working onlooker might well be asking why all this is necessary, when they already …
“Honey, I’m home!” is a phrase seldom heard nowadays, or said with much enthusiasm, when more than 40% of the workforce works from home, and only 20% of all jobs require physical activity – compared to 50% in the 1960s. …
We spotted this interesting post on The Millions blog about writing spaces. Here’s a charming excerpt (and accompanying photo): Edan Lepucki: Last summer I wrote about my workspace for the deliciously voyeuristic Tumblr site, Write Place, Write Time. The photos …
