July 2009 - Posts

Energy Flows
24 July 09 03:35 PM | brucelynn | 0 Comments   

The benefits to Dynamic Work are economic, ecological and social. One area of business that affects all three is transportation. Commuting and business travel cost money, cost carbon (and other environmental impacts) and cost time away from family. Showing Read More...

Filed under: commuting

Attachment(s): UK Energy Flows 2007.pdf

Transuming
19 July 09 09:24 AM | brucelynn | 0 Comments   

At the heart of Dynamic Work lies the notion that key resources (like office spaces and desks), need not be fixed, but are more efficient, accommodating and eco-friendly when flexible and...well...dynamic. Part of what is driving the trend to Dynamic Read More...

Filed under: Microsoft, Software + Service, transuming, trends

E-Lance Economy
14 July 09 08:51 AM | brucelynn | 0 Comments   

The Microsoft Netherlands joint research piece with Erasmus University also cited the seminal work of Thomas W. Malone Robert J. Laubacher’s coining the term E-Lance Economy over 10 years ago in their Harvard Business Review article, ‘ The Dawn of the Read More...

Filed under: SOA, agility, e-lance

Working Environments
07 July 09 11:02 AM | brucelynn | 0 Comments   

One of the strongest points to the Microsoft New World of Work approach is its recognition of the diversity of work places, work roles, and workers themselves. The Microsoft Netherlands joint research piece with Erasmus University laid out a helpful grid Read More...

Filed under: mobile working, Microsoft, workplace