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 which led to it being selected as Mother...
One of the observations Edelman’s Robert Phillips notes is the segmentation into different workstyles. He speaks of the ‘podists’ and the ‘benchists’ describing sub-groups that have formed based on personal preferences for where and how they work. The design firm Gensler who engineered the Edelman London...
Speaking of partners, whitepapers and workstyles, BT has published a sterling case study on its own Flexible Working web site called ‘ Sustainability through Flexible working - BT Workstyle’ . “Happier BT people are enjoying a better work life balance. BT home workers are taking 63 per cent less sick...