“Work is no longer a place – it’s something we do.” With this striking new definition, we kicked off a fascinating chat with workplace technology specialist David Shaw that covered productive office spaces, introverts vs. extroverts, meeting rules and more. The world of work has changed dramatically, yet our physical work environments still suffer from [...]
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This week’s The Work Talk Show episode features Jonathan Fields. As his bio states, Jonathan is a dad, husband, New Yorker, author, speaker, serial wellness-industry entrepreneur, recovering S.E.C./mega-firm hedge-fund lawyer, marketing and innovation consultant, venture partner and book-marketing educator. It’s no surprise that someone this busy would be a guest on this week’s edition of [...]
Today we have a guest post from Brie Weiler Reynolds. Brie is the director of content and social media at FlexJobs, an award-winning site for telecommuting, flexible schedule and freelance job listings. With a background in human resources and career advising, Brie has over 8 years’ experience working with job seekers and employers, and she offers career, [...]
Today, we’re republishing a popular 2011 post from Eric Bensley. It’s not Telework Week 2013 yet but it is Valentine’s Day and Eric’s workshifting love story below is a great reminder of how technology can allow us to remain close to those we love. In case you haven’t heard, this week is like a national [...]
We’re trying something new here at Workshifting. Every month, we’re going to find and publish one video that embodies the ideas we discuss on the blog (anywhere productivity, work-life balance, travel, etc.). In response to Alleah Gogley’s post last week about finding the right work-life fit, we chose a TED Talk from Nigel Marsh as [...]
Today we have a guest post from Chris Brogan. Chris is the CEO and president of Human Business Works, a business design company providing tools and smarts for professionals like you. He lives in northern Massachusetts and workshifts pretty much every day of the week. There’s nothing less fun than having to get work done while [...]
Yes, you can GoTo there! In the last 4 months I travelled and worked from 11 cities, with my longest stay being in Paris, France. Armed with my workshifting tools, I was ready to work from anywhere – hotels, apartments, Pandora HQ, Adam Carolla’s studio, Mom’s house, airports, boating down the Thames with friends (okay, [...]
Today we have a guest post from Jessie White. Jessie is the Princess of Organizing Chaos at Misfit, Inc. She currently lives in Vancouver but in the past year has Workshifted from England, New York City, Portland, Italy, Malawi, Ireland and Thailand. Misfit Inc. is entering its fifth year of life. We have five full-time [...]
In my new book, Amazing Things Will Happen, I talk about the mindsets and tactics you need to put in place to live the successful life you desire. I dedicated a whole chapter to the workshifting lifestyle and another one to these three simple words: simplify, focus and attack. I believe that together they are a [...]
Three weeks ago, the GoToMyPC team and I launched a workshifting photo contest, and the creative entries are not to be missed. We asked people to share photos of the interesting places they work from, and it’s been an entertaining glimpse into so many worlds. Surprisingly, as different as all the entries are, I find [...]
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