Telework Exchange - A Public - Private Partnership Focused On Eliminating Telework Gridlock

Past Blogs
  • I've used this space to talk about a lot of issues related to telework, such as the personal benefits to the teleworker and the productivity increase it can provide to the employer. I have even talked about the sustainability and security benefits, but today I want to talk to you about how telework can be a hugely effective tool in the effort to create resilience in your organization during times of crisis. This is especially important as we head into Telework Week next month.
    | business continuity, josh sawislak, legislation, management, telework, telework exchange, telework week
  • I guess I should start with full disclosure that the anti-telework lobby is paying me $50,000 to come up with a foolproof plan to send telework to an early grave. Why? Clearly telework is bad and they just want it d-e-a-d. Oh, you mean why are they paying me so much? Not sure, but now their saying its actually going to be paid in Iranian Rials, so that's either $50 million or $5. Well, I'll be living large on the French Riviera or just having (one) grande soy latte when I get done with this.
    | josh sawislak, legislation, productivity, telework, telework exchange, work
  • Teleworkers are more productive, better focused, and still have more time to spend with their families and doing civic work. Studies have shown this, and even people who are skeptical often change their mind when they try it themselves. Yet, some in government have failed to embrace this tool as a way to gain efficiency, improve morale, help the environment, and save money.
    | josh sawislak, legislation, policy, productivity, telework, telework exchange, work
  • Ah, election season. What a joy. It's a time when your television is full of ads about who is going to ruin your life faster, (pre-recorded) phone calls from national leaders "personally" asking you to vote for their guy or gal, and flyers, door hangers, and other collateral in lots of bright colors. It's OK, it's over and you can plug the phone back in, answer the door when someone knocks, and actually find the mail you were looking for in the stack again.
    | COOP, legislation, sawislak, telework, telework enhancement act of 2010, telework exchange, work
  • I once heard that the most popular day for online shopping is the Monday after Thanksgiving or "Cyber Monday" - when everyone heads back to work. Of course, teleworkers probably shop online all of the time, right? Well, at least they do it when they aren't looking at dirty pictures. Why should we work? We are at home, big brother is not looking over our shoulder, and no one holds us accountable. Michael Hardy writes in Government Computer News that a new study by the security firm MessageLabs shows that the mobile workforce (which includes but does not comprise only teleworkers) is responsible for a disproportionate amount of network security alerts. Now, some in the anti-telework community have taken this data as proof that teleworking is dangerous and unproductive.
    | management, network security, productivity, sawislak, telework, telework exchange
  • If you were one of the 750+ people who joined us for last week's Telework Exchange Town Hall Meeting, then you would know the answer. I hope you recovered from all of the "pokening" and "crowdsurfingsourcing." In case you missed it, you can find much of the material and summaries of the sessions on our site. And be sure to mark your calendar for the Spring - the next Town Hall Meeting is April 28, 2011. Let me tell you some of my highlights from the Town Hall Meeting. I also look forward to comments from the folks who attended on what was interesting and useful and what we can improve on for the future.
    | COOP, cindy auten, john berry, legislation, management, martha johnson, sawislak, telework, telework exchange, town hall meeting
  • Today I want to talk a little bit about productivity tools and my recent epiphany. Don't worry; I'll leave my non-secular discussions for different forum. But, full disclosure time; I used to think that instant messaging (IM) was fine for most people, but I thought I could live without it.
    | management, productivity, sawislak, telework, telework exchange, town hall meeting

  • Happy New Year and welcome to 2011. I believe this is going to be a banner year for a number of reasons. First, it kicks off the second decade of the new century. No, 2010 was part of the first decade because there is no Year Zero (remember the false millennium in 2000). So if the first decade was talking about change and a new way of looking at things, the second decade can be about implementing these new ideas. One of these ideas is certainly telework. For the last few years there has been a small group of us running around trying to get people to talk about how work is changing and the old concepts of management need to adapt to the new realities, but it was not always an easy sell.

    | john berry, legislation, management, productivity, recruitment, sawislak, telework, telework enhancement act of 2010, town hall meeting
  • My father was a reporter for most of his life, and he always cautioned me not to "bury the lead." So let's start this (hopefully regular) conversation with a discussion of work.
    | telework, telework exchange, work

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