No Schedules, No Meetings-Enter Best Buy's ROWE - Part 2 - The Blog of Author ... - The Diigo Meta page

• 17 Sep 08
  

  Marc Harrison

  Isn’t it funny that we rush to work everyday and then spend the first hour at our desk reading the paper and drinking coffee?
  
  Isn’t it funny that if you’re done with your work for the day at four, you can’t just leave? Why do you have to stay that extra hour and pretend to be busy?
  
  Why do we assume that time = productivity instead of talking about the kind of results the person is actually getting?
  
  Why do we talk about people being “out of the office” when everyone is reachable by cell phone or e-mail?
  
  Once people start to challenge the absurdities of the workplace, they start to realize that there is no reason why they can’t deliver results on their own terms. The ripple effect a ROWE creates in a team, department or organization is huge, but the core idea is very simple.

  productivity staffing offices

• 21 Jun 08
  

  Bertrand Duperrin

  interview with the co-developers of Best Buy’s results-only work environment, which has increased output at headquarters 41% and decreased quitting up to 90% in some divisions.

  ROWE timemanagement time productivity management organization work

• 10 Jun 08
  

  Chuck Brands

• 23 May 08
  

  gaudette

  productivity

  • The change isn’t easy, but the change is simple because it’s based on common sense. To show you what we’re talking about, here are some ROWE conversation starters:

    
    

    Isn’t it funny that we rush to work everyday and then spend the first hour at our desk reading the paper and drinking coffee?

    
    

    Isn’t it funny that if you’re done with your work for the day at four, you can’t just leave? Why do you have to stay that extra hour and pretend to be busy?

    
    

    Why do we assume that time = productivity instead of talking about the kind of results the person is actually getting?

    
    

    Why do we talk about people being “out of the office” when everyone is reachable by cell phone or e-mail?

    
    

    Once people start to challenge the absurdities of the workplace, they start to realize that there is no reason why they can’t deliver results on their own terms. The ripple effect a ROWE creates in a team, department or organization is huge, but the core idea is very simple.

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