Remote Working

Who let the dogs out?

When I met my wife, she had a dog. She made it clear he was part of the package. She told me, “Love me, love my dog!”

“Are we there yet?”

“Are we there yet?”

Perhaps we’re all being annoying children when it comes to the future of work.

All parents will be familiar with this phrase, normally uttered after you’ve just started a long journey and repeated regularly until boredom…

RTO companies will get crushed by those who don’t

Companies that enforce a ‘Return to the Office’ will get crushed by those who don’t. Discuss!

Here’s why I think this is going to be the case:

Survival is not mandatory

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.

W. Edwards Deming.

You don’t have to move to hybrid working.

You don’t have to downsize your office.

The Everywhere Office

Welcome to the Everywhere office.

Some of us have been here for a while. After all, we’ve had laptops, tablets and smartphones for years. Decades, actually.

You’ve seen us around but just haven’t noticed. In the airport lounges, on the…

Meetings are the fast food of work

They look tasty and alluring but are ultimately unfulfilling

You can never resist another meeting, even though you know they are bad for you.

The irresistable advantage of the future of work

The future of work is not about office v home or hybrid v remote.

It’s about what comes next and the irresistible advantages that brings that will cause a seismic shift in how individuals and organisations work.

The Co-ordination problem

“The problem with hybrid is that it’s so hard to co-ordinate with others” is a frequently heard complaint from managers.

But what if the problem isn’t hybrid working?