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For copies of newsletters published in 2005 or earlier, please contact Jim Ware at jim@thefutureofwork.net
Individual Articles (2006 - 2008)
Selected individual articles from Future of Work Agenda are available here. They are listed in reverse chronological order.
Downloadable files of individual articles:
Are Municipal Governments Unwittingly
Hindering the New World of Work? html pdf
by Mim King (June 2008)
I recently learned, the hard way, how unprepared many municipal governments are for the new world of work and where it is performed. My small consulting firm was established in San Francisco ten years ago, then moved to Lexington, Kentucky in 2004. I have always complied with local business permit laws, even when I found them curious at best.
Compass: What is a Micropolis? html pdf
by Charlie Grantham (June 2008)
If you want to get money from the government you need to have an address to send the check. As our urban landscape has changed in the past few decades it seems that a lot of old addresses, like Phoenix, Arizona, don't work so well for all those people who live just across the city line. The US Census Bureau has helped, by creating some new "post office" addresses - or statistical areas. These new ones are called "micropolitan" areas.
Meaning at Work
by Jim Ware and Charlie Grantham (April 2008)
Our Future of Work corporate members have recently been exploring their role in the design of work experiences. Our group became convinced several months ago that the current methods of workplace design and planning are totally inadequate for the kind of dynamic, mobile economy we live in today.
It's a Small, Small Business World
by Jim Ware and Charlie Grantham (March 2008)
Winter is hard upon us, even in early March. Just ask our friends in the upper Midwest. So as we sit and ponder what it will feel like in warmer times it's a good time for reflection. We start most of our presentations with the tantalizing belief that our societies are in the early stages of a fundamental transformation. This article will focus on that belief and bring forward some evidence that we are not totally daft.
What Drives Organizational Change?
by Jim Ware and Charlie Grantham (February 2008)
Over the past several months we’ve had the privilege of seeing several very effective change leaders in action. We’ve watched corporate executives, elected officials, middle managers, and just plain folks, all of whom launched and led meaningful organizational change. Their backgrounds, their values, and even their leadership styles varied all of the map. Our observations got us to thinking about what made them successful, and what – if anything – they had in common.
What Will Tomorrow Bring?
by Jim Ware and Charlie Grantham (January 2008)
We were recently asked by CoreNet Global to join a group of far-thinking futurists as part of the association's new Workplace Community initiative. As members of the "Future Trends" working group we've been asked to look at how the workplace (and workplace management challenges) will evolve over the next five to seven years. So here's our thoughts on five key questions about the future.
What Didn't Happen in 2007
by Jim Ware and Charlie Grantham (December 2007
Designing Workspaces for Collaboration
by Michal Lev-Ram (December 2007)
Designing the Work Experience
by Jim Ware and Charlie Grantham (November 2007)
Sizing Up Distributed Work
by Jim Ware and Charlie Grantham (October 2007)
Corporate Agility - Why Now?
by Charlie Grantham, Jim Ware, and Cory Williamson
(September 2007)
Managing Tomorrow Today
by Jac Fitz-Enz (September 2007)
The Technology Corner: Virtual 3D Worlds
by Bill Benman (September 2007)
Corporate Agility: Thriving in a Flat World
by Charlie Grantham, Jim Ware, and Cory Williamson
(July/August 2007)
What Attracts Knowledge Workers to a Community?
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (June 2007)
A Commentary on Alternate Officing Options in the UK
by Brian Sherwood Jones (June 2007)
Media-Savvy Workers: A New Front in the War for Talent
by Tony DiRomualdo (May 2007)
Towards a Typology of Knowledge Work
by Jim Ware and Charlie Grantham (April 2007)
What is a Knowledge Worker, Anyway?
by Jim Ware and Charlie Grantham (March 2007)
How Do We Communicate with Thee? Counting the Ways
by Jim Ware and Charlie Grantham (February 2007)
Does Distance Matter?
by Jim Ware and Charlie Grantham (January 2007)
How Come Distributed Work is Still the Next Big Thing? (Part Three)
by Jim Ware and Charlie Grantham (December 2006)
Review of Workforce Crisis
by Margaret King (December 2006)
Coaching for Leadership
by Jan Austin (November 2006)
The Talk/Walk Ratio
by Paula Bartholome (November 2006)
How Come Distributed Work is Still the Next Big Thing? (Part Two)
by Jim Ware and Charlie Grantham (October 2006)
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
by Rob Moran (October 2006
How Come Distributed Work is Still the Next Big Thing? (Part One)
by Jim Ware and Charlie Grantham (September 2006)
The Physical Attributes of Well-Designed Workplaces
by Barbara Armstrong and Mark Sekula (September 2006)
Musings on Knowledge Work and Place
by Jim Ware (July 2006)
Who Let Detroit Burn?
by Russ Eckel (July 2006)
The Spiritual Dimension of Organizational Change
by Charlie Grantham (June 2006)
Digital Group Memory
by Brad Jackson (May 2006)
Square Pegs and Round Holes
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (April 2006)
Searching for a Simpler Way
by Bill Jensen (March 2006)
Transforming the Business of Work
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (Feburary 2006)
Case Study of a Distributed Organization
by by Marcy Rye, WireMedia (February 2006)
As the New Year Dawns
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (January 2006)
The Future of Work and Business Continuity
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (January 2006)
For copies of articles published in 2005 or earlier, please contact Jim Ware at jim@thefutureofwork.net
In Our Humble Opinion
Monthly commentary by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware
We end each issue of Future of Work Agenda with a personal perspective - our chance to comment on issues and developments in the world of work that we find important and interesting. This is our "editorial" page, where we enjoy offering our opinions and predictions about what's happening (or should be happening) in the world of work and beyond.
Reprints from January 2006 to June 2008
(for earlier commentaries please contact Jim Ware at jim@thefutureofwork.net)
In Our Humble Opinion: The Power to Tax Is... html pdf
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (June 2008)
It's time to understand the value - and necessity - of aggressive public policy for the public good.
In Our Humble Opinion: Go Hide and Watch
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (April 2008)
It isn’t polite to say “I told you so.” But then again no one has ever accused us of being polite - not to mention politically correct. So, hey, we told you so: In Our Humble Opinion (right up front this month), public policy is going to jump up and bite your business right in the butt (that’s our highly professional way of saying “Watch out!”).
In Our Humble Opinion: You have Nothing to Fear But Change
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (March 2008)
Enough is enough already! Good lord, we can't take it anymore. All those Birkenstock-wearing, Char-do-nay-drinkin, BMW-drivin', two-paycheck, no-brats, tree-huggin', vegan-eatin' whiners jabberin' about how hard it is to change. Give it a break! Go suck an egg! Get over it. Things are a-changin' and there ain't no goin' back.
In Our Humble Opinion: There's Just No Accounting for It
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (February 2008)
We (all of us, together) have moved into an economy where (outside of manufactured goods) our accounting systems don’t begin to capture the true total cost of doing things and delivering services. We’ve come up with all kinds of convoluted ways to fool ourselves into thinking we really know what’s going on. And, In Our Humble Opinion, we are planning and managing our economy (and our lives) without having a clue about what the hell is going on.
In Our Humble Opinion: Investing in Tomorrow
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (January 2008)
. . . we return once more to our "Dear Abby" style of ranting in an effort to give you a break - and even a little slightly warped humor. Hit the "brain idle" mode button for a change and just relax. This train o' thought got started when a writer called and asked us, "What do you guys smell in the wind out there?"
In Our Humble Opinion: Trouble Ahead?
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (December 2007)
In Our Humble Opinion: Reset the Assumption Button!
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (November 2007)
In Our Humble Opinion: Turning Yourself into a Business of One
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (October 2007)
In Our Humble Opinion: What's So Great About Greed?
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (September 2007)
In Our Humble Opinion: What's New?
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (July/August 2007)
In Our Humble Opinion: Our Favorite Color is Green
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (June 2007)
In Our Humble Opinion: Follow the Rule of Two
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (May 2007)
In Our Humble Opinion: One More Time - Who's Left Behind?
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (April 2007)
In Our Humble Opinion: We Need a New New Urbanism
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (March 2007)
In Our Humble Opinion: Coping With Carbon
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (February 2007)
In Our Humble Opinion: Through the Looking Glass - Darkly
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (January 2007)
In Our Humble Opinion: Reflections, Inflections, and Deflections
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (December 2006)
In Our Humble Opinion: It's Not About Real Estate
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (November 2006)
In Our Humble Opinion: Focus, Focus, Focus
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (October 2006)
In Our Humble Opinion: Getting Beyond the Fear of Fear
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (September 2006)
In Our Humble Opinion: Reality Bites
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (July 2006)
In Our Humble Opinion: Wired for Innovation
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (June 2006)
In Our Humble Opinion: Workplace Design Matters
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (May 2006)
In Our Humble Opinion: Driving Me Crazy
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (April 2006)
In Our Humble Opinion: Starting Over - Again
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (March 2006)
In Our Humble Opinion: It's Time to Start Over
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (February 2006)
In Our Humble Opinion: Stop Digging!
by Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware (January 2006)
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