Comments on: Busyness vs. Burst: Why Corporate Web Workers Look Unproductive

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:33:57 +0000

I am a university student at BYU and we are trying to understand more about “fakework.” This is a short 12 question survey:
http://qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9ZI32VgYOg7mcL2

Thanks!

By: A czy TY jesteś web workerem? Objawy choroby — ExploreExplain

A czy TY jesteś web workerem? Objawy choroby — ExploreExplain — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:27:39 +0000

[...] lista jest rozszerzeniem i uzupełnieniem tej, którą swojego czasu (trzy lata temu!) przedstawił serwis WebWorkerDaily. Najprawdopodobniej więc jesteś web workerem [...]

By: Detached, difficult, and boring « Anne Z.

Detached, difficult, and boring « Anne Z. — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:54:53 +0000

[...] it step by step, ignore the emotions, quit looking for excitement. You can’t succeed with that bursty stuff you used to [...]

By: Ralf Lippold

Ralf Lippold — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:03:52 +0000

….. at present bosses who are seldom trained and accustomed to Web-2.0 don’t see what a subordinate who acts as a knowledge worker can truly achieve.

It is all too often about action, action, action – without prior thinking, small prototyping.

The time is right now changing its face and CoWorking and other forms of work are springing up like fresh new and green grass in the dessert after a short and quick rain.

By: gabirel bear

gabirel bear — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:44:19 +0000

once it is realised that all “business” has been some kind of “web business” since coinage was developed as the original data packet, a lot of these compare/contrast scenarios fall apart. the issue has been whether workers are “mechanisms” to be placed and kept running at 85%+, or are people “organisms” that produce cyclic fruit.
“deal makers” are being left more free agent than work performers, but then, a horse always got better treatment than the wheel spokes…right up til the wheel breaks.

By: Michael N. Dundas » Are you a ‘busy’ or ‘bursty’ worker?

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:32:48 +0000

[...] on some of my reading last night when I couldn’t sleep. A friend of mine had posted a link to an article on the difference between ‘traditional workers’ and ‘web workers’. [...]

By: Busy vs Burst … Yup, I’ve been bit by this one « From the Atelier…

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:24:03 +0000

[...] Busyness vs. Burst: Why Corporate Web Workers Look Unproductive, the author talks about the risks we may face when we use new web tools to accomplish our work. I [...]

By: Ralf Lippold

Ralf Lippold — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:13:58 +0000

Being a bursty worker myself I have experienced the workspace there this kind of work is appreciated (building a new plant, being within a help organnization working in a crisis) and where it isn’t (being put down to standard work, without getting a chance to improve the process; working under a control orientated boss).

Bursty really looks alien to other workers who are used to 9-5-jobs, they can’t imagine that ideas can come up at midnight, or during holidays that have relevance to the job.

What makes the environment more friendly towards bursty workers.

Cheers,

Ralf

PS.: Thanks to Trib of Acidlabs to learn about this, http://twitter.com/trib

By: Research confirms Library Garden Reporting: Goofing off at work makes you a better employee « Library Garden

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:37:22 +0000

[...] your boss still has a problem with your wilbful behavior, you can claim, “I just have a bursty style, not a busy style, which means that although it might appear to the untrained eye that I’m never actually [...]

By: Bursty Work vs Busy Work

Bursty Work vs Busy Work — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:48 +0000

[...] new to me, the term has been around for a least a couple of years. For example, in April 2007 Anne Zelenka, in the Web Worker Daily blog, suggests that “In almost every aspect of work, bursters look entirely unproductive and [...]

By: Five reasons we live in interesting times - SmartPlanet

Five reasons we live in interesting times - SmartPlanet — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:53:26 +0000

[...] economy: Anne Zelenka of Web Worker Daily identified the new emerging definition of productivity in the networked age. That is, individuals engaged in the “burst” economy are valued for the [...]

By: E L S U A ~ A KM Blog Thinking Outside The Inbox by Luis Suarez » A World Without Email - Year 2, Week 7 (Open Enterprise 2009 with Oliver Marks)

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:14:43 +0000

[...] Email" series, just before I would freak out from the whole thing! Talking about an unbalanced busyness versus burstiness, [...]

By: Doug Cornelius .com · Beyond Email as Communication

Doug Cornelius .com · Beyond Email as Communication — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:12:14 +0000

[...] Anne Zelenka points out in her post “Busyness vs. Burst: Why Corporate Web Workers Look Unproductive” email has become a single channel of communication for the [...]

By: JohnBedard.com Archives » Busyness vs. Burst: Why Corporate Web Workers Look Unproductive

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:42:14 +0000

[...] something to backup my style of working, the old school “Busy” mindset vs. the new school “Burst” mindset (although, there’s got to be a better name for it than “Burst”): Busy: Always [...]

By: acidlabs » Enterprise 2.0 - Enabling change or part of the problem?

acidlabs » Enterprise 2.0 - Enabling change or part of the problem? — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:15:18 +0000

[...] in April 2007, my friend and colleague Anne Zelenka published something of a manifesto regarding the busy/burst dichotomy, falling strongly on the side of burst. Same place as [...]

By: acidlabs » The Right Stuff - attraction, engagement, retention in a hyperconnected world

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:16:37 +0000

[...] We need to alter our focus to ensure we’re providing engaging, fulfilling places to work. Where the work done has real meaning and staff are empowered to make their own decisions and get on with the job. Presence-based work practices are the stuff of the Industrial Revolution. Eight hours a day is a demonstrably false measure of efficiency and effectiveness. We need to rethink our approach and revolutionise our businesses to focus on nothing but quality output. The reputations we generate as a consequence will help attract the right people – staff, clients, customers all. [...]