The classic framework with units of time, place and action, that saw work framed in corporate spaces and office hours, has broken down in favour of a more mobile and fluid model. The post-Covid revolution Workplaces have been adopting flexible space strategies for years, but the pandemic has reinforced this trend. In a a recent […]
The most common image of a digital nomad is that of a single individual moving around the world with his or her laptop, which represents an office and contains all the necessary data to work. Blogs, videos and Instagram accounts show happy workers (often with animals) in beautiful places, like colourful bars in Mexico or […]
Taking your own breaks and space, setting up a home office, maintaining a balanced work routine: the tips for avoiding stress when working remotely seem quite simple. Yet putting them into practice can sometimes be difficult, with significant psychological and physical consequences. We are talking about what has been called WFH Burnout (Working From Home […]
The last year has seen a radical transformation in work management by many companies. Smart working (in the true sense of the term!) is now the norm, developed both as a hybrid workplace and as remote work for medium to long periods, depending on the needs of the company and the worker. Both situations have […]
A boring meeting is inevitably a loss of productivity. Our mind wanders to other thoughts, we interact less and end up leaving the usual familiar faces to do the talking. That’s just wrong! An unproductive meeting is a waste of time, because it doesn’t improve the workflow and creates frustration among employees. This phenomenon is […]
More than a year has passed since the start of the Covid-19 emergency. In this long period many companies approached remote working and smart working for the first time ever (check out the difference between these two words in the following article). These ways of working have existed for decades, but before 2020 they weren’t […]
Time passes, spaces are reinvented and work becomes increasingly flexible. Smart working goes beyond the rigidity of office hours and an even more “agile” version of it even leaves its physical walls. For some time now, many hotels have been offering business travellers, digital nomads and remote workers a number of services to help them […]
Experiencing a lockdown has deeply affected everyone. More than a year has passed since many of us were thrown into the world of remote working: in a short space of time we created a home office from scratch without, in a lot of cases, really following a plan. For many people, spending entire days at […]
Home working has become a common habit for most people. Some people tested it for the first time during the COVID-19 emergency and others have been using smartworking as a lifestyle for years. Both situations share the common necessity of having a dedicated workspace area separated from the rest of the house, where to manage […]
It started off with offshoring, which is transferring part of the company business to countries where costs are lower. The latest trend in work organisation is called homeshoring. What’s the difference? Functions are not relocated overseas, they get relocated…to workers’ homes. Home is where your work is Homeshoring is primarily an alternative form of outsourcing […]
