Radical RealTime

It wasn't that long ago-in the memory of most workers today-that people "went" to work. The work place was actually a "place" and people went there to earn a living. Some people still do. If you assemble circuit boards for Intel or automobiles for BMW, you will go to the place where the tools you need to do your job are kept. For the rest of us, a change has taken place that has fundamentally altered the way that work gets done. A typical project, for example, is planned in a series of meetings, launched in a rented conference room in an airport hotel, executed in who knows where, and managed using email and on-line tools. Sales meetings, to cite another example, take place on conference calls not in conference rooms.

it seems like the matrix form is alive and well in today's organizations - albeit having evolved from its early days. Why? Perhaps there is no bigger driver for the re-emergence of the matrix than organizations' increasing use of teams - virtual, project, cross-functional and global - to improve speed of delivery, customer responsiveness, cost concerns and productivity.

As the global economy emerges from the Great Recession, many organizations continue to experience its far-reaching effects, but it is not the only force at play as organizations continue to evolve. Technology, demographics, shifts in work relationships, regulatory environments, and globalization exert themselves to reshape work.  And many uncertainties remain about the future of the work that  will affect the structure and practices of the work experience.

The next evolution of leadership, the next big idea, will be leading with an in-depth understanding of states of mind

A series of blog posts on new ways of working

Across the technology world, many organisations are embracing new ways of working strategies that on the surface look like an interior design project but under the bonnet are improving productivity and ticking a number of strategic boxes.

What will our future look like? Four scenarios for sustainable lifestyle. Very different ways of working. 

Using Liquid Feedback, an online tool that helps organize bottom-up decision making, in a company.

How to create collaboration systems that work. Ross Dawson suggest stepwise systems with gamification elements. 

Boostzone review on work

Meekers presentation of Internet trends 2012

Categories of different approaches that companies can use to learn

modern leadership is about communication and trust. This is about how control is replaced with communication in today's companies. 

Technology has changed working habits not all for the better. Here are some thoughts on how people get affected and what could be done. Leslie Perlow suggests predictable Time Off (PTO) without gadgets. She claims that people are more satisfied and effective if using PTO system. 

Collaboration gets more visual and cameras are doing more. Here is a guide to apps that turn your smart phone camera into for example cartoon machines. 

Important to be aware how micro-decisions affect the way we engage online. What are we paying really attention to? what are we really focusing on?