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Remote work can boost innovation, but culture eats it for breakfast
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Remote workers don’t stick to their contracted hours and even (gasp) skip some days completely
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AI ushers in the era of the ‘frontier firm’, Microsoft report claims
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Negative feelings about work continue to grow, especially for managers
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What kind of change leader do you want to be?
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People’s expectations of work have changed forever (and they think office work should pay better than remote work)
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Come fly with me. The new digital issue of IN magazine is here for you
September 30, 2013
Don’t let the sofas fool you; work can still be red in tooth and claw
by Twyla Howse • Comment, Flexible working, Furniture
Herbert James Draper: Ulysses and the sirens
We keep filling our workplaces with sofas, coffee shops and other lifestyle touches while our homes are being slowly eroded by the trappings of work. First it was the fax machine. Then the mobile phone. Then working from home. The places available for us to work is seemingly more diverse than ever. But does this acknowledged trend towards domesticity make the workplace a kinder, gentler place? Maybe on the surface but beware to those who dare succumb to the siren song of these things. Using them could mean the end of your career.A recent conversation I had with an executive highlighted the problems inherent in the mixed messages this “softening” of the work environment brings.
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