5 responses to “Can’t wait to get to the office”
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It’s a nice idea but I’m fascinated to find out how it works in practice.
Our team worked from home during the Games as a contingency. At times it worked, but it didn’t work equally well for every project.Often you need a certain colleague to be in the office in order to get your own project done. People unilaterally deciding that they aren’t required in the office (no matter how responsible they are) may not promote the most collaborative working. And yes, I know that it’s still possible to communicate whilst not there in person – but it’s never the same.
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It’s trial and error, case by case, and all the rest, Matthew.
We’re in the office most of the time when we’re in Brighton. It’s more that we know we don’t have to be all of the time, and that sometimes it is better to be out for a bit.
I guess the fact that we all live in Brighton – a small city – helps. We can switch between home/coffee shop/office in the same day if needs be and if we are needed we can be there in half an hour at most.
The other things we do are working to communicate a lot when we aren’t together and having a projects meeting / call every other morning to let each other know what we are up to, and what we need from each other to get things done.
We’re a small, tight team at the moment. We’ve evolved these habits quickly – it will be interesting to see how it evolves.
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Jason looks like he’s a crash test dummy for the ‘invisible bicycle helmet’!
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Nice to see you updating your delicious feeds after months of inactivity.
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Hi Thomas – Thanks and sorry for not replying sooner. I was posting at Diigo and syncing to Delicious, which I am doing again now, but stopped for a while.
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