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New this week

• NewWOW talks benchmarking at CoreNet
  
• Benchmarking report status
  
• WORK 2020 presentations
  
• Symposium buzz
  
• America in 2050
  
• Study: Flexible work can help employees lead healthier lives
  
• Google wants rezoning for housing near HQ
  
• From our members

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Stories this week:

• Snow days & telework
  
• Report: State of Green Business 2010
  
• Business case for web commuting
  
• Recommended reading: New book on valuing sustainable properties
  
• Cartoon: New way to monitor teleworkers
  
• Fired via videoconference: Our review of the movie, Up in the Air
  
• Symposium 8 updates
  

NetWORK News is made available to the members of the New Ways of Working and to interested non-members. If you are interested in membership and full access to all of New WOW resources and services, please contact Jim Creighton at jim.creighton@newwow.net

Stories in this edition:

• Can virtual worlds help overcome employee isolation? IBM's experience
  
• 2020 research highlights: The next Industrial Revolution
  
• From our members: Comments from Ilfryn Price and Paul Heath
  
• Survey of IT execs predicts business upturn
  
• Symposium 8 news
  

NetWORK News is made available to the members of the New Ways of Working and to interested non-members. If you are interested in membership and full access to all of New WOW resources and services, please contact Jim Creighton at jim.creighton@newwow.net

Stories in this edition:

• Microsoft joins NewWOW
  
• Work 2020 research highlights: Contingent workforce growing & Toyota's robotic nurses
  
• Think like a design shop
  
• CareerBuilder survey: office temperature & productivity
  
• United Way's free-range offices
  
• Fortune's Best Companies List
  
• Symposium 8 news
  

NetWORK News is made available to the members of the New Ways of Working and to interested non-members. If you are interested in membership and full access to all of New WOW resources and services, please contact Jim Creighton at jim.creighton@newwow.net

Stories in this edition:

• Just-in-time labor here to stay
  
• New Member: Knoll, Inc.
  
• eVenues - Online space reservations service
  
• TV-based videoconferencing
  
• Cartoon corner – Dilbert & AWS
  
• Last chance to register for Jan 21 NewWOW Webinar
  
• Symposium 8 news
  
• New blog: Telework Talk
  
• Announcements
  

NetWORK News is made available to the members of the New Ways of Working and to interested non-members. If you are interested in membership and full access to all of New WOW resources and services, please contact Jim Creighton at jim.creighton@newwow.net

Researchers from Singapore Management University, Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia examined how territorial behaviors are used to construct, communicate, maintain, and restore territories in organizations. Examples of territorial behavior abound in the workplace -- a post-it note on a shared computer terminal, a coat thrown over a chair to "reserve" a space in a free-address work area, or anger over perceived "poaching" in an open space area. Organizational consequences of territoriality include positive effects such as increased organizational commitment and reduced conflict. But there can be negative results as well, such as reduced focus on work, lowered connections to the organization and heightened isolation. Read more of our summary at: http://www.newwow.net/members/node/1486

Other stories in this edition:

• Gloomy CRE predictions for 2010 from PWC/ULI
  
• Can telepresence replace a global conference?
  
• Gartner predicts personal laptop use growing at work
  
• Shrinking cubicles
  
• Impact of oil prices on driving
  
• Symposium 8 update 

  
• Announcements: A Booksigning with Stewart Levine, a collaboration survey, cartoon corner and a reminder to sign up for NewWOW's January Webinar - The Emotional Context of Design with Dr. Judith Heerwagen.

NetWORK News is made available to the members of the New Ways of Working and to interested non-members. If you are interested in membership and full access to all of New WOW resources and services, please contact Jim Creighton at jim.creighton@newwow.net

Stories in this edition:

• Symposium 8 plans
  
• Job opening: Workplace strategy consulting position
  
• Sign up for Jan 21 NewWOW Webinar
  
• WORK 2020 research progress:
  
  • Futures Study: How we will communicate in 25 years
    
  • oDesk, a work marketplace for freelancers
• Community discussion: Building strong virtual teams
  
• Project benchmarks data center green savings
  
• Engineering workplaces: Northrop Grumman's Innovation Institute
  
• Study: Does telecommuting enhance work-family balance?
  

NetWORK News is made available to the members of the New Ways of Working and to interested non-members. If you are interested in membership and full access to all of New WOW resources and services, please contact Jim Creighton at jim.creighton@newwow.net

In this edition:

• First NewWOW Webinar with Dr. Judith Heerwagen
  
• In the library: New Century City Developments
  
• Building virtual teams the IBM way
  
• Biomimicry and architecture
  
• Forrester report: A day in the life of an iWorker
  
• December tertulia with experts from Applied Materials & McKesson: recording available
  
• Help us pick a date for the 2010 summer symposium
  

NetWORK News is made available to the members of the New Ways of Working and to interested non-members. If you are interested in membership and full access to all of New WOW resources and services, please contact Jim Creighton at jim.creighton@newwow.net

Stories in this edition:

• Tips for improving virtual meetings
  
• Community discussion: Are management styles changing?
  
• Case study: Innovation hubs at GlaxoSmithKline
  
• Growing trend: Urban science parks
  
• Telework & pandemic readiness
  
• Legal question: Can U.S. companies require telework to control flu spread?
  

NetWORK News is made available to the members of the New Ways of Working and to interested non-members. If you are interested in membership and full access to all of New WOW resources and services, please contact Jim Creighton at jim.creighton@newwow.net

Stories in this edition:

• Work 2020 research highlights: Future of organization/employee relationship
  
• Symposium 8 news- online registration open
  
• Only a few spaces remain for next week's tertulia
  
• WORK 2020 research question: Are management styles really changing?
  
• Cisco survey: US organizations unprepared for workforce disruptions
  
• Branding the workplace
  
• Johnson Controls survey: Office workers willing to sacrifice comfort for energy savings
  
• Recommended reading
  

NetWORK News is made available to the members of the New Ways of Working and to interested non-members. If you are interested in membership and full access to all of New WOW resources and services, please contact Jim Creighton at jim.creighton@newwow.net