Comments on: Author Paul Miller on The Digital Workplace and the evolution of the office http://gigaom.com/2012/05/16/author-paul-miller-on-the-digital-workplace-and-the-evolution-of-the-office/ Sun, 19 May 2013 08:29:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Agile Organisation http://gigaom.com/2012/05/16/author-paul-miller-on-the-digital-workplace-and-the-evolution-of-the-office/#comment-842649 Mon, 21 May 2012 09:33:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=519630#comment-842649 There has been significant investment in new technology, infrastructure and workplaces over the last decade. However, the full benefits of this investment have rarely been claimed due to political inertia, poor management and a lack of business drivers in a profligate booming economy. The current “crisis” now provides the environment to dismantle these barriers to transforming work enabling the creation of more capable agile workforces and seizing the full opportunities from past investment creating digital workplaces that no longer focus solely on the place of work.

So who needs offices ? While I agree The Office is certainly not dead but its function is changing as technology enables and competitive financial pressure demands re-definition of work and the workplace. For some organisations the office is the glue that Paul refers to, but for others it is increasingly being viewed as underutilised, inflexible carbon inefficient liability that is a drag on rapidly changing organisational needs and business effectiveness.
The Agile Organisation:
http://agileorguk.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/who-needs-offices/

]]> By: Chris Albrecht http://gigaom.com/2012/05/16/author-paul-miller-on-the-digital-workplace-and-the-evolution-of-the-office/#comment-841972 Thu, 17 May 2012 20:26:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=519630#comment-841972 Thanks for the comment, Ramon. I too only pop into the office now for the social aspect. Cutting out the commute time has really boosted my own productivity.

]]> By: Ramon B. Nuez Jr. http://gigaom.com/2012/05/16/author-paul-miller-on-the-digital-workplace-and-the-evolution-of-the-office/#comment-841921 Thu, 17 May 2012 18:16:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=519630#comment-841921 For me the roll of the office has become a burden because of the commute and not the work. I actually enjoy being at work for the social interactions with — supervisors, colleagues and vendors.

So it’s the social connection that I enjoy the most — I can do the work from anywhere. Case-in-point I wrote a post on the ferry this morning on my Note.

I don’t need to be at work to do work.

It’s also interesting how Paul references crowdsourcing at the very end. He never mentioned the work process by name but mentions a player in the service market — oDesk.

And I do agree with Miller — I see a future where some people will not be full-time employees. They will be freelancers, contractors, co-creators, temporary employees, etc.

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