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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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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...
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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...
From Workplace to Anyplace
29 June 09 11:47 AM | brucelynn | 0 Comments   
Executive summary from a recent joint research project between Microsoft and the World Wildlife Fund on the benefits of ‘regularly working outside the office’ which itself contains some of the headline findings and stats... Despite the apparent benefits Read More...
Tired Dragons
21 June 09 11:50 PM | brucelynn | 0 Comments   
In honour of Father’s Day, I thought I would pay homage to inspiration by my father, Rev. Edwin Lynn, to my exploration of Dynamic Working.  Dynamic use of spaces where people come together must be in my genes.  You see, 36 years ago, decades Read More...
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Great Places to Work
14 June 09 08:47 AM | brucelynn | 0 Comments   
Microsoft has just won the #1 spot in the 2009 Europe’s Great Places to Work survey . President Jean Philippe Courtois called out a number of New World of Work initiatives that really showcased Microsoft’s exploitation of technology to enable dramatically Read More...
Het Nieuwe Werken
08 June 09 09:51 AM | brucelynn | 1 Comments   
Microsoft has been pushing the boundaries of flexible working for years now obviously leaning heavily on the empowerment that mobile, productivity and collaboration software enable. Last year I highlighted some of the measures that the UK office had introduced Read More...
Attachment(s): 081004 article A Revolutionary Experiment.doc
Telecommuting Tips
30 May 09 08:31 AM | brucelynn | 0 Comments   
CIO magazine ran an article ‘ 7 Things the CIO Should Know About Telecommuting’ with great pointers on this tactic for exploiting Dynamic Work... 1. Telecommuting Saves Money. Truly . 2. Telecommuters Really Can Be More Productive . 3. Telecommuting Doesn't Read More...
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