At my first workplace in a government department in the early nineties, there was a photo from the the 1930's of the office workers sitting in rows in a large room at their large desks. These men and their lives seemed so intriguing in comparison to the fast paced lives we were leading at the time.
It was likely a day of arriving at the office on the train, working with fountain pen, ink and paper, the tea lady coming around twice a day and a mailboy distributing letters and work to the desks. No phones, no computers - a completely different world.
The world of the typical information worker today has changed as much again. The figure of 62% of information workers working remotely does not mean they never come into the office (although that does apply to a percentage of them). Rather they work at multiple locations - in the office, in a meeting room, at an off-site meeting, in the car, at a coffee-shop or at home. With technology available today - all of these locations are available as places of work.
Where once, the physical space was a key linking tool for the team, it can now be technology that is the glue which links a team together.
The Unified Inbox team all work remotely, with our linking tool being Unified Inbox itself. Our conversations take place in the comments field of our work-items. These work-items can be emails, notes, project reminders, Twitter messages and Facebook messages.
This month we're looking for the best remote work story (could be unusual location, time, type of work). Tell us your story and go in to win a free three month Unified Inbox package.
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