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The compadre of telework | with Jack Nilles
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Chris and Ian cross seven time zones to learn from the father of teleworking and environmental activist, Jack Nilles, about the multi-disciplinary research project that led to his 1976 book āThe Telecommunications-Transportation Tradeoff: Options for Tomorrowā. The conversation explores the motivations behind this seminal study, its prescience, legacy, and ongoing relevance. It also celebrates the tenacity, wisdom and vitality of a living legend: Jack, we salute you.
Teleworking has been proven to be an effective and valued part of hybrid working solutions since the 1970s. The barriers to implementation are rarely, if ever, technological or economic: they are cultural, often specifically managerial, and always have been. Despite this, tried and tested change methodologies can overcome these challenges. Now, more than ever, we need to embrace the many benefits of teleworking, not just for organizational and personal gain, but also as part of our strategies to address the climate emergency.
Timings
[00:00] Welcome to Workplace Geeks
[00:50] Introducing Jack Nilles and the research
[04:17] Recounting origins and motivations of the study
[15:05] Challenges of implementation
[29:46] The pandemic impact and strategies to implementation
[38:35] Climate emergency relevance
[47:55] The PinderPonderā¢
[59:54] Outro and contact us
Learn more
- Jackās monthly blog
- The Telecommunications-Transportation Tradeoff book
- Managing Telework book
- The original hybrid workers can teach us how to do it right Wired article
Contact: [email protected]Ā
LinkedIn: Chris and Ian
Transcript:Ā
Ā Before we go back to the episode, a quick word about Audium. When people think about workplace feedback, they tend to think about surveys, but some of the richest workplace insight is often hiding in places organizations rarely look. Take FM helpdesk tickets. Every day, employees leave thousands of comments about buildings, technology, catering, cleaning, temperature, meeting rooms, and dozens of other workplace issues. Individually, they're just tickets
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š§ Dialogue editing by David Crackles
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Chris and Ian cross seven time zones to learn from the father of teleworking and environmental activist, Jack Nilles, about the multi-disciplinary research project that led to his 1976 book āThe Telecommunications-Transportation Tradeoff: Options for Tomorrowā. The conversation explores the motivations behind this seminal study, its prescience, legacy, and ongoing relevance. It also celebrates the tenacity, wisdom and vitality of a living legend: Jack, we salute you.
Teleworking has been proven to be an effective and valued part of hybrid working solutions since the 1970s. The barriers to implementation are rarely, if ever, technological or economic: they are cultural, often specifically managerial, and always have been. Despite this, tried and tested change methodologies can overcome these challenges. Now, more than ever, we need to embrace the many benefits of teleworking, not just for organizational and personal gain, but also as part of our strategies to address the climate emergency.
Timings
[00:00] Welcome to Workplace Geeks
[00:50] Introducing Jack Nilles and the research
[04:17] Recounting origins and motivations of the study
[15:05] Challenges of implementation
[29:46] The pandemic impact and strategies to implementation
[38:35] Climate emergency relevance
[47:55] The PinderPonderā¢
[59:54] Outro and contact us
Learn more
- Jackās monthly blog
- The Telecommunications-Transportation Tradeoff book
- Managing Telework book
- The original hybrid workers can teach us how to do it right Wired article
Contact: [email protected]Ā
LinkedIn: Chris and Ian
Transcript:Ā
Ā Before we go back to the episode, a quick word about Audium. When people think about workplace feedback, they tend to think about surveys, but some of the richest workplace insight is often hiding in places organizations rarely look. Take FM helpdesk tickets. Every day, employees leave thousands of comments about buildings, technology, catering, cleaning, temperature, meeting rooms, and dozens of other workplace issues. Individually, they're just tickets
š© Subscribe for new episodes, events and workplace insight from the Geeks community.
āļø Enjoying the show? Follow, rate and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It genuinely helps more people discover us.
š¬ Got an idea, guest suggestion, or workplace topic we should explore?
Follow Workplace Geeks on LinkedIn
Join the conversation using #WorkplaceGeeks
Or email us at [email protected]
Workplace Geeks is brought to you by Audiem ā”ļø
Helping organisations make better workplace decisions through AI-powered insight and employee feedback.
Supported by 2468 Group āļø
š§ Dialogue editing by David Crackles