August 2009 - Posts

Dynamic Work Move
28 August 09 10:38 AM | brucelynn | 0 Comments   

TechNet has hosted the ‘Dynamic Work’ blog since its inception in February 2008. TheTechNet platform is provided to Microsoft employees to facilitate their creativity and outreach through this social media. Now that I have taken the bold step to leave Read More...

Power of Fluidity
24 August 09 05:30 PM | brucelynn | 0 Comments   

Some people discount ‘flexible working’ as some trendy new management fad or an earthy-flaky progressive approach for perhaps young or new organisations. Actually, the principles of flexible organisation and execution are considered one of the mainstays Read More...

Filed under: strategy, Napoleon

Ferrari of Hammers
20 August 09 03:32 PM | brucelynn | 0 Comments   

The brass-tacks business case for Dynamic Work is pretty straight forward – save money on under-used, un-used and mis-used office space and the stuff that goes in it. The benefits to carbon footprint, employee lives, collaboration and productivity, to Read More...

Filed under: Microsoft, productivity, Pareto, virtualisation, Vmware

Make Outlook Better
14 August 09 06:04 PM | brucelynn | 0 Comments   

Came upon www.makeofficebetter.com from Steve’s post, “ I had a look at MakeOfficeBetter.com over the weekend and was actually a little surprised to see it go live today – basically a crowd sourcing site along the lines of Dell’s Ideastorm to solicit Read More...

Filed under: Office

Missing the First Pitch
08 August 09 01:13 PM | brucelynn | 0 Comments   

The Washington Post carried a poignant illustration of the more subtle, but very palpable social costs fixed work schedules which not only constrain family coordination, but also concentrate use of shared community resources, namely roads. It described Read More...

Filed under: working families, commuting, social costs

The Third Place
02 August 09 08:10 PM | brucelynn | 0 Comments   

When I start to talk to people about reducing the fixed costs of fixed desks and fixed office space, the most common response is, “Oh, you mean home working...” Well, yes...and no. Part of the challenge of Dynamic Work is the too widely held view that Read More...

Filed under: mobile working, enablers