For those of us whose work requires nothing more than the ability to access the Internet and have conversations, the office is an optional extra. We work wherever we can lay our laptop and get online: at home, in the garden, at the local cafe, or at one of the many co-working spaces sprouting up [...]
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Freeformers are changing everything – are you one?
Posted by John on March 3rd, 2010
A few weeks back I met James Alexander, co-founder of Zopa, the peer to peer lending service, and now CEO of Green Thing. He shared some fascinating research he conducted for Zopa to identify a new under-served market of people; freeformers. There’s a new generation of people who crave the independence and freedom promoted during [...]
How to be indispensable
Posted by John on March 2nd, 2010
In Chapter 1 of Screw Work, Let’s Play, I reference Daniel Pink who makes a very compelling argument in his book A Whole New Mind that “Right Brainers” will soon be the only people who are indispensable at work. Everyone else is in danger of seeing their job or business disappear. Watch him explain in [...]
Let’s start a revolution
Posted by John on March 1st, 2010
Let’s start a revolution – a revolution at work. It’s time to overthrow a set of ideas that have long outstayed their welcome: That a Good Job is the best you can hope for That the alternatives are too risky That you should hide your real personality and interests to fit in at work That you [...]
