Are offices becoming like airlines?

The Economist makes a fine case against #hotdesking, or #hotelling. The paper says it can be an "alienating" environment where lower-tier workers are crammed in and "wear headphones to shut out noisy neighbours," while more skilled employees get private, quiet space to think. Me? I'm not convinced hot-desking is an entirely bad practice. In Mark Vanhoenacker's excellent book "#Skyfaring: A Journey With a Pilot," there's an exploration of how flight crews who've often never met before can successfully share a cockpit for eight hours, perhaps never to fly together again. The key for employers is to understand that hot-desking fosters an entirely different kind of social environment and demands that people collaborate in different ways. It will completely transform your culture (and your #corporatecommunications), and you best be prepared for that. What do YOU think?

I like that people are seeing both the positives and negatives of remote work on all workers. Because I do think it could lead to a multi-tiered system. In many places the two tiered system already exists with remote work being given to upper level, higher paid staff while lower paid staff (often those who struggle more with time, commuting, childcare,etc) are required to come in to the office with no good technical reasons why their work can't be done remotely. This leads to low morale among staff and distrust in leadership.Remote work structure requires thoughtful, strong, intentional leadership-I hope we keep working at better ways to do it! #remotework #intentional #equity #creativeleadership #transparency #adaptivelearning

While technology is powering this office revolution (or dissolution), so are demands by workers for more freedom and flexibility.

What is the future of Office life? I believe balance is the answer. Remote working availability and an office would be ideal. #office #futureofwork #remoteemployees #remotedesktop #bestofbothworlds

Very interesting read about the future of Workplace. According to The Economist the new model will have to balance three factors: 1. The desire of many workers for a flexible schedule 2. The high cost for firms of maintaining office space 3. The countervailing desire to gather skilled workers in one place, in the hope that this enhances collaboration. #arcadis #wework #workplace #thefuture Even if WeWork is in trouble the office is still being reinvented... https://lnkd.in/g5M24S2