95. Smart working, no longer a choice?
I
attended a talk on smart working in the last few days. Smart working is the
concept of working from anywhere, at any time, based on the fact that you have
some objectives to achieve and what your employer cares about is that they are
indeed achieved. You have no timetable, no fixed place of work, although you do
have an office you can go to, to meet any other team members who happen to be
there, when you feel like it. The system is based on a mixture of good
documentation of objectives and attainment and on trust. The latter is the key
and the challenge. Many traditional employers may struggle with this, concerned
as they are with counting bums on seats and seeing employees appearing to work,
to assuage their doubts. Alas, once companies start smart working, other
employers will have no choice but to follow suit. They will otherwise be
incapable to attract talent, imposing unnecessary commuting and irrelevant
geographical and time restrictions on employees when others don’t
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