This summary of workplace trends is brought to you by a long-time associate of mine, John Vivadelli, CEO of Agilquest which focuses on enabling modern workplaces.

“Telework/Telecommuting allows employees to work from home or a telework or touchdown center.  Teleworkers generally work off-site 2-3 days per week, and are linked to the office by cell phone, laptop and/or email.  To reap the full benefits of teleworking, organizations often implement office hoteling in

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10,000 happier employees

BellSouth, one of Atlanta’s largest employers, is building three workplaces for 10,000 employees near three light rail stations.  Not only that, but they’re providing parking specifically for their employees at four outlying transit stations.*  To top it off, three of those transit stations will have satellite office space.

Now the buildings and surrounding fabric aren’t exactly creative or inspiring, but I’m sure the possibilities of zero traffic and adjacent,

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The distributed, decentralized workplace

How’s this sound if you have a current 9-5 job:

Monday: - “It’s been a long weekend - I sure feel like working at home this morning.“
Tuesday: “I woudn’t mind a 15 door-door commute to my company’s satellite office.
Wednesday: “I should meet up face-face with some people at my company’s headquarters, even though it’s 45 minutes door-door.“
Thursday: “I’ve got to sleep in.  I’ll just work late at the office today.“ 
Friday: “I’m going in early so I

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The future workplace

A national workforce survey this month reveals a desire for the evolution of the decentralized, distributed workplace as isolated office parks continue to suffer vacancies:

54% seek stable income outside the conventional work structure
86% cite work/life balance & work fulfillment as #1 career priority  
73% are were willing to curtail careers to make time for family
96% are attracted to employers who offer ways for them to make time for personal responsibilities and

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The New American Dream

Here’s one such trendsetter who’s living that what-rush-hour? New American dream standard, with an office full of employees by day that transforms into a home by night. Owned by nationally-renowned marketing guru Faith Popcorn, in her words, “I used to rush to and from home and work and never be happy with whichever place I was in. It felt as if I was always supposed to be in the other place. I finally gave up this idea of a line between office and personal.“

In

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The workplace as living room

Feel like your office has as much character as the dentist office?  Visit Affinity Lab to see this casual office-living, or ‘being spaces’ evolution. It also happens to be where my office is, when I’m not working at home.

For a collection of other great workplaces, check out this Workplaces link, also accessible in the right column under

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