Virtual Teams, Project Slippage & The ‘Fear Factor’

One of the biggest challenges in managing remote, or viurtual projects, has always been one of communication and collaboration. From the management perspective it is not possible to simply walk down the corridor and see the fear in people’s eyes: not fear of physical harm, but the fear that you are going to ask them [...]

December 30th, 2009 by Peter B. Giblett 

Telecommuting: Essential Tools of the Trade

Telecommuting: Essential Tools of the Trade

In order to effectively tele-work the employee must have a good set of tools that will enhance their status in the eyes of their manager and their colleagues. In my earlier article I talked about the fact that Tele-workers face a consistent danger that “out of sight is out of mind” which may affect the [...]

April 3rd, 2009 by Peter B. Giblett 

Is Telecommuting the best model for future business?

By Peter B. Giblett In the Internet age a large number of the workforce responsible for data management can be remote workers. They do not need to travel to office buildings. It can be argued that the Web reverses many business processes: you do not go to work, work comes to you. Yet the average [...]

December 4th, 2008 by Peter B. Giblett 

The Evolution of Enterprise Mobility

Businesses are demanding more support for workplace mobility than ever before. The corporation of 2008 is unlike that of 5 or even 10 years ago. According to Forrester Research mobility for employees was the number one goal of corporations. For IT that means making the off-site working ideals aspired to a decade ago a reality. [...]

September 30th, 2008 by Peter B. Giblett