Does Working from Home Work? Evidence from a Chinese Experiment
Working from home, our connection to the office weakens, and our connection to the world outside the office expands. At the kitchen counter, hunched over your computer, you are as close to the people and communities on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram as you are to the Slack messages and chats of your bosses and colleagues. By degrees, the remote e... See more
The Atlantic • The Workforce Is About to Change Dramatically
Employees working flexibly were found to be more committed and more satisfied.
Katherine Kay • Womenomics: Work Less, Achieve More, Live Better
Since only 3% of American workers in 2017 worked from home, there’s a huge, aspirational gap between today and the future of work.
Merci Victoria Grace • Mapping Workplace Collaboration Startups
The American airline JetBlue was one of the first to try this approach. From its launch in 2000, JetBlue has relied on telephone customer service employees who work at home. And from its launch, JetBlue has earned customer service rankings far ahead of its competitors. Productivity and job satisfaction are generally higher in homeshoring than in co
... See moreDaniel H. Pink • Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
a small minority of the most productive office employees can now capture a bigger share of all work (and all rewards) in a variety of industries.
Dror Poleg • Slack and the Imaginary Economy.
