• Articles and Books,  Business

    A few tips on working from home

    My latest @inc piece is up, at http://www.inc.com/charles-edge/work-from-home-here-are-6-things-you-should-do-every-day.html?cid=search. It starts like this: Telecommuting is on the rise. According to a 2015 Gallup poll, 37 percent of U.S. workers say they have telecommuted at one point or another– four times greater than in 1995. But working remotely can be a challenge. Not only can telecommuters feel disconnected from the organization, the organization can also feel disconnected from them. If you’re into it, read the rest of the article here. Telecommute and have other tips, comment below? 🙂

  • Business,  Travel

    Telecommuting vs. Creativity

    When you’re looking to measure output of telecommuters, creativity can’t be forgotten about.  Remember that part of the quality of output that an employee can have is manifested in the creativity they bring to the job.  Creativity isn’t just relegated to fields like advertising either.  In IT, some of the best network designs come from creatively inclined folks.

  • Business,  On the Road

    Telecommuting vs. Those That Don't Telecommute

    Telecommuting is seen to many as a workplace sort of nirvana.  However, it isn’t all it’s cracked up to be all the time.  The lost “water cooler” aspect of working from home, the sometimes missing collaboration and the social withdrawal can all be negatives to telecommuting.  But as more and more people from a specific business unit start to telecommute the people left in the office become more and more dissatisfied.  It doesn’t help when those who telecommute rub in that they don’t have to drive an hour each way to work any more or that they’re sitting there in their underwear working.  So keep in mind to be considerate…

  • Business

    Telecommuting 101

    I originally posted this at http://www.318.com/TechJournal Trying to imagine how to run an office in Los Angeles, New York City and London (with thoughts of Paris)? Well, there are a whole host of products looking to make your life easier. The hard part is figuring out which ones work best for each and every specific environment. Usually it boils down to matching your company’s business logic to products that are offered with an emphasis of working within your budget while attaining goals set forth by senior management. Typically, the most paramount need businesses have with Remote Access Services (RAS) is file sharing. From Word and Excel documents to Final Cut…