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The vertical dimension of our Engagement Pyramid represents the intensity of engagement, with low level, lightweight engagement at the bottom and high intensity, deep engagement at the top. Its horizontal dimension represents the number of people involved. Combine the two and you get a pyramid with lots of mildly engaged people at the base and a small number of deeply engaged people at the top.

Customized work is exactly what it sounds like.  It’s the ability of an individual employee to shape their career path within an organization and allows them to navigate to the roles they are best at and most passionate about.  Employees no longer need to focus on ascending the corporate ladder, they are now building their corporate ladder.

Chefs der alten Schule müssen sich in virtuellen Teams neu erfinden, ansonsten dreht ihnen das Team den Ton ab. Und sie sollten nicht auf die Idee kommen, durch ein paar Social Media-Funktionen virtuelle Zusammenarbeit einführen zu wollen.

HR the ideal spot from which to harness this change in work habits for the benefit of the company. A digital deluge of products are on offer to help human resources fulfill employees' and organizations' new demands. But which HR platforms enhance, not hinder the way we want to do our jobs and will truly help build a modern workplace?

A chief collaboration officer would be charged with integrating the enterprise as companies scramble to innovate from within.

The need for working in teams that span timezone and geography has risen: sales teams that need to share global leads and meet shared targets, operational teams that need to synchronise processes, airlines that need to manage workforce schedules. Technology such as video conferencing, messaging, email, somehow still seems to be one step behind our growing need for staying connected both from a practical sense but also emotionally.

It seems to me that it’s time we acknowledge that the office-based ways of working are on their way out. But that doesn’t mean place is not crucial. What it does mean is that we have to think about place in an altogether more sophisticated and nuanced way.