NewWOW@Work: News from your NewWOW staff concerning our summer symposium and plans for the next one:
- Symposium V summary
Daisy Chung's excellent Symposium V session notes have been added to the library. The July 2008 event focused on cultural impacts on distributed work practices. The notes include summaries of the keynote session, group discussions, group activities, the field trip to Stanford University and NewWOW committee reports. You can download your copy from http://www.newwow.net/members/node/909
Plans for Symposium VI
Save the dates January 25 through 28, 2009 for our Winter Symposium. The research theme will be Intergenerational Work Styles. More information soon.
Member conversations: NewWOW members and colleagues are engaged in a couple of interesting topics. Please join them.
- Team-based approaches as a solution for burnout at work
Jay Brand's invitation for a "summer conversation" on the issue of distributed team collaboration prompted Terri Griffith to write: "As to teams, I see too many things being called teams, with the accompanying expectations of synergy and collaboration, that really aren't teams." Clark Sept added "I frequently reflect on the persistence of the sports metaphor ("team") in the business world, and in particular whether it is altogether positive." Read the rest of their comments: http://www.newwow.net/members/node/719#comment-606 (scroll down to find all the posts.)
Who are the leaders in office mobility?
Paul Heath emailed us with a question from Cisco's John Labus. John is looking for information on who is doing what in the world of office mobility. We suggested a few leaders such as Sun Microsystems, Accenture, Capital One, and Ernst & Young as well as Cisco [Paul said he thinks Cisco is leading the edge.] Can you add to our list? http://www.newwow.net/members/node/912
Rethinking the workplace
Chris Sullivan reviews the next workplace revolution in the latest issue of Gensler's magazine, Dialogue. The newest workplaces are designed based on actual usage, support mobility, serve to inspire workers, are customized to the work (one size no longer fits all) and show a willingness to adjust brand standards to reflect local conditions. One item I found especially interesting was the use of "photo-ethnography" to gather data on workplace behaviors in distant sites.
http://www.newwow.net/members/node/77#comment-614
A trio of articles on teleworking:
- Security – telework’s weakest link. Agency security officers and industry experts discuss telework's dark side – security. This piece describes steps US agencies are taking to keep telework risks down. One security expert suggests installing keystroke mapping software and GPS tracking devices on teleworker laptops. Lots more at:
http://www.newwow.net/members/node/207#comment-616
- Telework hurts collaboration efforts at Intel. A recent decision by Intel's CIO Diane Bryant requires many teleworkers to spend more time in the office - four days out of five, in fact. "Telecommuting inhibits collaboration," she said, adding that dividing projects among remote workers caused roughly a 20% to 30% drop in efficiency. http://www.newwow.net/members/node/615#comment-613
- Gallup Poll shows no growth in US telecommuting. Despite the recent increase in gas prices, the number of US workers telecommuting has not grown since 2006. In fact, it's dropped a couple of percentage points. More poll results at http://www.newwow.net/members/node/615#comment-610
