On December 4, 2011, the Livingroom Conversations Website went live and I co-hosted a demonstration Living Room Conversation gathering with my conservative partner Amanda Kathyrn Roman. I’m still feeling the glow. I expanded my understanding of where we might find common ground across party lines around reducing the influence of big money in politics, and [...]
Would you believe me if I told you that we could take a big step to combating climate change simply by staying home from work? Rather, I should say, staying home and working. Call it “telecommuting.” Call it “virtual work.” Call it “working from home.” Call it “netWork.” I’m going to call it “telework,” and [...]
Labor Day marks the one year anniversary of the publication of The Custom-Fit Workplace. I regret to report that we have not transformed modern work culture…yet! The good news, this Labor Day, is that allBusiness.com, a leading online resource for small business, featured a detailed article about Custom-Fit Work opportunities for Labor Day. Read it [...]
Did you know that earlier this year the federal government promoted a week dedicated to telework? The intent was to encourage government agencies to overcome obstacles and discover the advantages of virtual work. General Services Administration administrator Martha Johnson explained, “Telework is revolutionizing the way government works, helping us to be more mobile, more agile, [...]
This holiday season as we think of peace on earth and good will towards all, I’m thinking of how to translate this sentiment into a culture of good workplaces all year long. My New Year’s resolution is to help spark a new workplace norm: “Everyone deserves a job that fits,” and the corollary, “Any employer that [...]
Hey, we hit it big time in the mainstream media! USA Today just published an op-ed by MomsRising’s own Joan Blades that links business success with issues near and dear to us: Fair pay, workplace flexibility, and respect for the lives and ambitions of all workers. The op-ed covers the growing body of research showing [...]
As the economy slowly recovers, it’s no secret that companies would like to boost productivity and profits. Many think the best way to do so is to slash costs. As an entrepreneur and business owner, though, I’d like to suggest another idea: Pay your employees more. That’s not as crazy as it sounds. A growing [...]
We moms start to learn from that first day a new baby arrives how to work faster, smarter, better. I, for one, often feel like the character in Dr. Seuss’s Cat in the Hat, balanced on one foot, with several plates twirling in the air so that I can meet my responsibilities both at home and [...]
I work from home. So do all the people who work with MomsRising.org and MoveOn.org, the two organizations I co-founded. It works great for us and has for years, and so, when I read that the number of U.S. telecommuters dipped to 8.7 million in 2009 from 9.2 million in 2006 (according to the IDC, a Framingham, [...]
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