The Future of Offices
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Large offices is an outdated model. Tomorrow is made of people working remotely and smaller offices. Working remotely full time or partially offers many advantages. You can also mix remote and travel, and go digital nomad. After explaining why the model of large offices is outdated, discover solutions adopted by companies like Promet Source and Four Kitchens, tips from my experience and tools suggestions.
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The Future of Offices
- 1. The Future of Offices
- 2. About me Luc Bezier, Drupal & Web freelance. Founded micro company webizat in 2011. URL: webizat.com Worked with BBC Worldwide, UK Government agency, Ben&Jerrys, European commission About me
- 3. Solution Architect & Consultant Architecture and drupal development on large projects.
- 5. About me Place where people meet to work. Trend is to large open space. Mostly located in a large city. Attractive packages and environment. Offices
- 6. About me
- 7. About me The company behind WordPress is closing its gorgeous San Francisco office because its employees never show up. Source: QUARTZ, https://qz.com/1002655
- 8. About me Last year, 43 % of employed Americans said they spent at least some time working remotely Source NY Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/us/remote-workers-work-from-home.html Offices
- 9. About me Office hours. Traffic. Crowd. Waste of time. Offices
- 10. About me But this is a cinema during office hours.
- 11. About me Offices tend to be in large and business oriented cities. Those cities cant provide an affordable lifestyle. Not healthy for people or for a country. Prices go up! Offices
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- 14. About me Renting in a capital VS. renting in the province. For the same price of 620 Euros (~740 $), Quick search for Paris Rent in Paris: 11 m族 Rent in Le Mans: 86 m2 Offices
- 15. About me The Future of Offices Distributed companies
- 16. About meThe Future of Offices If done right, here are a few advantages.
- 17. About meThe Future of Offices: Advantages For the company: Hire talents worldwide or country-wide. A more attractive company. Less costs (or none) on office.
- 18. About meThe Future of Offices: Advantages For the remote employee: A lot more freedom. Better life / work balance, better lifestyle. More productivity, less disruption. Less costs.
- 19. About me Cheaper, happier and more skilled.
- 20. About meThe Future of Offices Example with two Drupal companies. A. Fully remote, no office B. Remote friendly, with smaller offices
- 22. About meRemote in USA (several states), closed their office. 100% remote Breaking out of the office https://www.fourkitchens.com/blog/article/breaking-out-office/
- 24. About meUSA office in Chicago. PH office in Cebu. Remote in USA (several states), Philippines (several cities), and few other countries (Europe and South America).
- 25. About meThe Future of Offices How to make it a success? Remote culture first then remote tools.
- 26. About meThe Future of Offices For the company: How to make remote work a success?
- 27. About meThe Future of Offices Encourage positive communication and team-players. Reduce the differences between on-site and remote. Develop a strong company culture and values.
- 28. About meThe Future of Offices: Company toolkit Online ticketing and bug tracking system (e.g. JIRA or Taiga). Time logging system (e.g. Toggl or JIRA). Online call software (e.g. Google Talk or Skype). Conference software (e.g. Zoom or GoToMeeting). Instant messaging (e.g. Slack or HipChat). Online document edition (e.g. Google docs)
- 29. About meThe Future of Offices For the remote worker: How to successfully work remotely a success? Remote work doesnt work for everyone.
- 30. About meThe Future of Offices Good communication skills: Report often, and over communicate things. Be positive and constructive on feedback. Work on your writing and speaking skills. Be motivated and avoid distractions in your room. Prioritise your tasks. Trust and be trusted.
- 31. About meThe Future of Offices Be careful of your health!
- 32. About meThe Future of Offices Physical health, keep exercising. Mental health: Keep going out everyday (or almost). Take breaks often. Change decoration, room, place from time to time.
- 33. About meThe Future of Offices: Remote toolkit Stable internet connexion, fast is appreciated. Have an internet backup (e.g. coffee shop near home). Have a hardware backup (e.g. your previous laptop). VPN, especially if you travel.
- 34. About me Going nomad Remote + Travel
- 35. About meGoing Nomad Which city/country is best for you? https://nomadlist.com/ Deks in a co-working space. https://workfrom.co/ Travel where events are! https://www.drupical.com/
- 36. Spring in Kyoto, Japan
- 37. Summer in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- 38. About me Autumn in Jiufen, Taiwan
- 39. About me Winter in Seoul, South Korea
- 40. Or winter in Bantayan, Philippines
- 41. Thanks Twitter @luukyb email: luc [at] webizat.com web: webizat.com