New ways of working demand new workspaces, a fact that pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline clearly understands. It's building its second deskless office in Philadelphia, replacing cubes with fluid spaces, laptops and personal lockers, and saving money and speeding decision making as a result.…
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One group that really gets remote work? Vacationing small business owners
Vacation season is in full swing, but small business owners continue to be besieged, as ever, with a tidal wave of responsibilities. The collision of these two realities could equal frustration, but according to a new survey, there's actually a happier result– more remote work.…
Read MoreThe secret ingredient for successful cross-cultural communication
High-tech tools and innovative management practices to ease coordination hassles may have their role in leading cross-cultural teams, but according to one expert on communicating with folks from different backgrounds, the real key to success is simpler and rarer.…
Read MoreThe social recruiting start-up wars heat up
With Microsoft's recent acquisition of Yammer, it's clear social has arrived. And what goes for internal communication goes for recruiting as well, writes Josh Bersin, CEO of consultancy Bersin & Associates, in an article laying out the feverishly hot social recruiting start-up scene.…
Read MoreWomen can have it all… if we get rid of “time macho”
An article on women and work-life balance is stirring a predictable flurry of debate on the internet, but the piece is worth reading for those interested in remote collaboration as well as gender issues for what it says about "time macho" work culture and telecommuting.…
Read MoreEmployees skeptical of execs touting enterprise social, survey finds
Executives may believe the hype that social enterprise tools boost transparency and cohesive company culture, but employees by and large aren't buying it, a new survey reveals. Instead frontline folks see social as just another form of empty rhetoric out of the C-suite.…
Read MoreIs the free agent mindset infecting employees too?
You have probably heard about the rise of the independent worker and the impact of this trend on business practices. But your team is still all traditional employees, so this shift doesn't affect you, does it? Maybe more than you think, argues SAP's Julien Vayssiere.…
Read MoreHow to make contingent workers feel like family
Call it the gig economy, Generation Flux or Freelance Nation, but whatever you term the rise in independent workers, the trend is reshaping management. How can you ensure that the contingent workers on your team feel as engaged and appreciated as the long-term employees?…
Read MoreWhat’s the role of HR in building a social business?
So your company is trying to be more social, leveraging new ways of communicating to break down barriers to collaboration and information sharing. Great, but what role should HR play in mandating or refereeing that process? IBM's VP of social software weighs in.…
Read MoreTony Hsieh outlines Zappos’ plans for the office of the future
The online shoe retailer has big plans for its new downtown Las Vegas digs, CEO Tony Hsieh recently explained at Venture For America's Summer Celebration, where he laid out his vision of the community-focused, creativity-inspiring future of the office.…
Read More4 tips on managing remotely from the founder of Treehouse
Apparently, ProofHQ isn't the only successful British startup with a remote team across the pond. Ryan Carson, the founder of Treehouse, recently took to his blog to explain how he manages his widely dispersed team of 40 from his home in the UK.…
Read MoreWorkspaces go slash
As careers become more fluid, diverse and self-directed and more of us work flexibly at multiple gigs or projects, the hard lines between spaces for work, family and play are also becoming less stark. Behold the railway station/office and coworking space/daycare.…
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