New Ways of Working Network

New Ways of Working plans to launch its 2011 Benchmarking Study at the end of May. Several sponsors have signed on but there are still sponsorship opportunities available.

PACIFIC GROVE, CA -- May 17, 2011. The New Ways of Working Benchmarking Study, now in its fourth year, will examine how leading organizations around the world implement, manage, and profit from alternative workplace practices, settings, and locations. The study is sponsored by the Lienhard Office Group, Zurich University for Applied Sciences, and Haworth, who is contributing project management.

New WOW is seeking additional support for writing and editing the report and summary paper. In exchange for sponsorship, companies would be identified with an important study of the latest workstyle trends. They would receive ample acknowledgements in the report, press releases, and all publications of the study.

“Sponsorship of the New Ways of Working Benchmarking Study offers companies the opportunity to align themselves with a major study of workplace trends,” said Joe Ouye, thought leader and co-founder of New Ways of Working.

The study is a project of New Ways of Working (New WOW), a member organization focused on alternative workplace solutions. The benchmarking study reports types of alternative workplaces and work options used, status and length of program, business drivers, provisioning, barriers, change management, values, benefits, and recessionary impacts.

Alternative Workplace (AW) is the combination of nontraditional work practices, settings, and locations that supplement or replace traditional offices. AW practices include mobile work inside and outside the office, hoteling, work from home (telecommuting), and work from third party places, among others.

The last survey, conducted in 2009, looked at alternative workplace practices in 103 organizations including leading Fortune 100 companies. For a summary of the 2009 AW Benchmarking Survey results, see: http://www.newwow.net/public/alternative-workplace-strategies-current-ec...

Organizations interested in sponsorship should contact Joe Ouye (joe.ouye@newwow.net), telephone 1-831 392-6060.

About New Ways of Working 
New Ways of Working (New WOW) is a membership organization of thought leaders from companies and academia exploring new ways of working such as distributed work (telework), environmental sustainability and work, cross-cultural work, innovation and productivity.

Contact: 
Jim Creighton, New Ways of Working, 408-354-8001
Joe Ouye, New Ways of Working, 831-392-6060