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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 ‘The Telecommunications-Transportation Tradeoff: Options for Tomorrow’. 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 PinderPonder™
[59:54] Outro and contact us

Learn more

  • Jack’s 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] 

LinkedIn: Chris and Ian

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Workplace GeeksBy Chris Moriarty and Ian Ellison