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Maybe the time has come at last to shoot the workplace messenger
This article questions the content and direction of current workplace research work. It begins by recalling some of the pioneering work in workplace and the direction that that work set for…
A new approach to organizing Human Resources Management
The triple-pillar mode, based on Dave Ulrich‘s role model, has now become widely accepted as an HR business model, particularly in large companies. It consists of three core areas: the HR…
How France is living out a unique workplace revolution
Remote working and coworking in France: why they’re an ongoing challenge and what they reveal about the uniqueness of French working culture
Celebrating the data diversity
Leesman Index: latest results & decoding the high performance workplace.
Last one in the office, please switch off the lease
I come from the far west of England; the rugby-loving county of Cornwall. Because I was large, I had to play, but was never much good. My second-row buddy went on to play for Scotland and…
Efficiency: being invited in for coffee, I discovered, is rarely about coffee
by Paul Carder, @paulcarder
Returning home late in one of my first cars, one of my first girlfriends invited me in for coffee. She filled a huge kettle right to the top, and switched it on.…
Consumerization of workplace accommodation: how far will it go?
In November, I wrote about Place-as-a-Service (PaaS), based on the now common term SaaS (Software as a Service): …
Place-as-a-Service (PaaS): time to join the connected world
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is now well known, and ubiquitous. Why buy, and maintain, software tools when they can be 'hired' in minutes online?
So, why do we 'buy' Places? Or lease,…
Agility Ratio: Productive Benchmark or Property Target
(re-posted from 26/4/2010)
Office property is expensive - after people, property is the next biggest balance sheet item. In the current climate it is particularly vital that organisations…
What’s the costa this workplace? $2/hour+free coffee? $2/cup+free seat?
First published on 9th July 2010, by @paulcarder
Have you sat in a coffee shop recently? Yes, sure you have...but why? Quite possibly you bought a coffee to make yourself feel less guilty…