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Can – and Should – San Francisco Mandate Flexible Workplaces? | Collaboration@Work
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Multiplying Value through Where, When and How We Work. Can and Should San Francisco Mandate Flexible Workplaces? Posted by Paul Rupert. Asymp; Leave a comment. San Francisco While on business here the last 10 days, I had the opportunity to join discussions about the city’s proposed flexibility ordinance. My conclusions follow. Let the lobbying begin. By the time I met with the Supervisor at his request, a lot of the rougher edges had been taken off the bill the appeal of any denial to a city agency and t...
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A FlexBulletin: Marissa Mayer – Work-Life Pioneer? | Collaboration@Work
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Multiplying Value through Where, When and How We Work. A FlexBulletin: Marissa Mayer Work-Life Pioneer? Posted by Paul Rupert. Asymp; Leave a comment. Marissa Mayer came to Yahoo with transformation in mind. The high-flying tech leader left Google and came to Yahoo with a focus on reinventing services and technology and delighting investors. It’s been a mixed record. Perhaps her biggest success will come later this year if she successfully sells Yahoo’s stake in China’s online behemoth, Alibaba. So it wa...
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San Francisco’s “Right to Request” Law: Turns Out Hindsight is 20/20 | Collaboration@Work
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Multiplying Value through Where, When and How We Work. San Francisco’s Right to Request Law: Turns Out Hindsight is 20/20. Posted by Paul Rupert. Asymp; Leave a comment. Who knew Yahoo was a sideshow? Even the Feds get Telecommuting. The answer has turned out to be much more teapot and a lot less turning point. One example: I write this blog in my cozy home office near Washington, DC, surrounded by 12 of snow. DC is a city notorious for seeing 2 of snow produce paralysis and more than a million h...Not s...
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As Turnover Rises, Can Flex Deliver “Recruitment and Retention?” | Collaboration@Work
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Multiplying Value through Where, When and How We Work. As Turnover Rises, Can Flex Deliver Recruitment and Retention? Posted by Paul Rupert. Asymp; Leave a comment. The US. economy added 175,000 jobs in May, in line with average job growth over the prior 12 months. CNN Money. Lower unemployment breeds turnover and the search for solutions. A recent study captures the turning of labor markets:. 1 Half of Companies Report Higher Turnover Than Last Year. John Hollon’s excellent piece. John goes on to say: A...
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Bad Managing is Like Smoking – It’s a Habit, Not Ignorance | Collaboration@Work
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Multiplying Value through Where, When and How We Work. Bad Managing is Like Smoking It’s a Habit, Not Ignorance. Posted by Paul Rupert. Asymp; Leave a comment. Barely a week goes by without at least one article. Or study bemoaning the things managers don’t know or do. A frequent target: the pitifully low level of workplace feedback. Feedback is too rare, too vague or too attaboy. Its weakness or absence is considered demoralizing, demotivating and devastating to the workforce a serious disengager. While ...
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“Right to Request” Flex Goes Viral – Where Do You Stand? | Collaboration@Work
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Multiplying Value through Where, When and How We Work. Right to Request Flex Goes Viral Where Do You Stand? Posted by Paul Rupert. Asymp; Leave a comment. Flexibility stops plodding and goes for the fast track. In 2012, the tally of employees covered by a legislated right to request flexible schedules was:. UK = 30 million. Australia = 11.5 million. New Zealand = 2.6 million. Flash forward to today. As we acknowledged our many rights on the 4. Took effect on January 1, 2014. San Francisco: 1 million.
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STEM Diversity: Flood the Pipeline or Fix the Holes? | Collaboration@Work
https://collaborationatwork.wordpress.com/2015/05/05/stem-diversity-flood-the-pipeline-or-fix-the-holes
Multiplying Value through Where, When and How We Work. STEM Diversity: Flood the Pipeline or Fix the Holes? Posted by Paul Rupert. Asymp; Leave a comment. It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes:. If you are in one, stop digging. A great cry has risen up across the nation from technology companies large and small and an assortment of education and civic leaders. The tech talent pipeline is BROKEN! Silicon Valley Business Journal’s Diversity Scorecard. The dominant view seems to be that the te...
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“Little” Reddit Offers Requiem for Remotes – Will San Francisco Respond? | Collaboration@Work
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Multiplying Value through Where, When and How We Work. Little Reddit Offers Requiem for Remotes Will San Francisco Respond? Posted by Paul Rupert. Asymp; Leave a comment. More than 1200 hi-tech start-ups and household names from Yelp to Salesforce call San Francisco home. Web phenom Reddit, the self-styled front page of the internet, is small but influential. It became its own lead story last week as word leaked out. Reddit resembles a mini-Yahoo, but is it? SINKING SHIP vs. REDDIT’S RISING BOAT. Fortune...
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Multiplying Value through Where, When and How We Work. A FlexBulletin: Marissa Mayer Work-Life Pioneer? Posted by Paul Rupert. Asymp; Leave a comment. Marissa Mayer came to Yahoo with transformation in mind. The high-flying tech leader left Google and came to Yahoo with a focus on reinventing services and technology and delighting investors. It’s been a mixed record. Perhaps her biggest success will come later this year if she successfully sells Yahoo’s stake in China’s online behemoth, Alibaba. Under mo...