A few weeks ago, when asked about my favorite productivity system, I would have said “time boxing”. Then I read Oliver Burkeman’s newsletter and created my first custom day planner template. — The (updated) templates for 2023 can be downloaded for free here. It’s only been a few weeks since I shared my “Five tips for mobile working”, including my preference for the time-boxing method. …

Mobile working enables autonomy, but also requires self-organization, different work processes and methods for building social capital. My five tips for mobile working. — In mid-February, I had the opportunity to share my experience with mobile work in a webinar hosted by the mentoring organization MentorMe. Right after that, I got COVID, and then the terrible war broke out in Ukraine. Is it even appropriate to write about personal productivity against this background? Maybe…

Does WFH prevent innovation? No. Instead, we are on the verge of a phase of disruptive innovation as new ways of working will also shape how and where we live — When German Labour Minister Hubertus Heil (Social Democrats) announced a “right to work from home” in January, employers’ associations went to the barricades. One of the most powerful arguments against flexible working has always been that only personal interaction can generate innovation: Innovation is a social process and cannot be…

Dieser Text ist ein Beitrag der AG Zukunft der Arbeit von D64 e.V., einem Think Tank für eine progressive Digitalpolitik. Er ist ein gemeinsamer Text verschiedener Autoren und zuerst auf der Webseite von D64 erschienen. Digitale Technologien verändern die Arbeitswelt. Das Internet ermöglicht orts- und zeitunabhängiges Arbeiten in vielen Berufen…

Nach anderthalb Jahren im Homeoffice öffnen die Dropbox-Büros in Hamburg und München im Herbst wieder ihre Türen. Schreibtische werden dort allerdings nicht mehr zu finden sein. Stattdessen haben wir unsere Büros in Räume für Kollaboration, soziale Begegnungen und Meetings mit Kunden umfunktioniert. …

Nach dem Weg in die Kita laufe ich eine Runde durch den Park und sitze dennoch pünktlich um 9.00 Uhr in meiner Telefonkonferenz. Und anstatt mich nach der Arbeit durch den Pendelverkehr zurück nach Hause zu schlagen, klappe ich den Laptop zu und genieße zwei Stunden mit der Familie. Die…

The year 2020 made many of us guinea pigs in a global “work from home” experiment. We have seen all the embarrassing episodes that were to be expected from barely dressed house mates zoom-bombing our team meetings to ministers doing TV interviews in their underwear (and some even more disturbing…

These articles, books and podcasts have kept me busy this week: Frank Eilers: Slaves of technology WHAT IT SAYS: A Hays study 🌐 shows that while knowledge work became more digital, this does not automatically empower employees. Many report that new technologies are instead used to exercise more control. WHY IT IS IMPORTANT: The pandemic…

A special edition on the mental health effects of WFH during lockdown: NN: Now is the time to tackle the mental illness epidemic WHAT IT SAYS: Lockdowns are taking a toll on the mental wellbeing of workers, compounded by bereavement, personal grief and the broader temptation to “doom-scroll” bad news streaming through social media. WHY IT IS IMPORTANT: Enforced remote working…