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Remote Working in a 2.0 World

Online Information Seminar

Tuesday 1st December 2009

Marieke Guy

Research Officer, UKOLN, University of Bath

UKOLN is supported by:

This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 licence

www.bath.ac.uk

introduction to ukoln
Introduction to UKOLN
  • UKOLN is a National centre of expertise in digital information management
  • Library and cataloguing background
  • Located at the University of Bath
  • Funded by JISC and MLA to advise UK HE and FE communities and the cultural heritage sector
  • Many areas of work including:
    • Digital preservation: DCC
    • Metadata, registry work
    • Repositories: eBank, Intute, SWORD, DRIVER
    • Dissemination: Ariadne, International Journal of Digital Curation
    • eScience: eCrystals….etc.
introduction to me
Introduction to Me
  • Been at UKOLN 9 years
  • Member of the Community & Outreach Team
  • Currently working on:
    • Series of MLA workshops on Web 2.0 and social networking
    • Digital preservation work
    • Chair of the Institutional Web Management Workshop
  • Previous roles/projects include:
    • Good APIs project, JISC-PoWR, JISC Standards Catalogue, QA Focus, SPP Project Manager, ePrints UK project manager, Public Library Focus work, NOF-digitise, Web Magazines
me as a remote worker
Me as a Remote Worker
  • Started working from home in April 2008
  • Remote worker champion for UKOLN in July 2008
  • Started up Ramblings of a Remote Worker blog in September 2008
  • Published almost 140 posts, many guest blog posts
  • Written number of articles
  • Supported community
  • Won Remote Worker category of Remote Worker Awards in September 2009
  • Continue to be interested in this area: both technology and culture
today s resources
Today’s Resources
  • All resources (and more) linked with Delicious tag:http://delicious.com/mariekeguy/online2009
  • All remote working resources linked withhttp://delicious.com/mariekeguy/remoteworkingover 200 articles
  • All ppts etc will be available from my bloghttp://remoteworker.wordpress.com/
  • And Slideshare:http://www.slideshare.net/MariekeGuy/
  • Feel free to email me ([email protected]) or follow me on Twitter (mariekeguy)
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Work is becoming something you do, not a place you go to

http://www.flickr.com/photos/latteart/2547757031/

what s a remote worker
What’s a Remote Worker?
  • Anyone who works from home (occasionally or full-time)
  • Anyone who works beyond the office
  • Anyone who works in a virtual team
  • Somebody outside the pond
  • Esther Schindler’s four ways in which a RW can operate:
    • At a fixed location at the employee’s home
    • At different offices
    • At a client site
    • As a true nomad or ‘road warrior’
why remote working
Why Remote Working?
  • Work-life balance
  • Flexibility
    • Work on the go
    • Separate sites
  • Loyalty and reduced absenteeism, staff retention
  • Ability to recruit from anywhere
  • Productivity
    • Work continuity
  • Environment
  • Reduction of overheads
remote working on the rise
Remote Working on the Rise
  • Right to request flexible working extended (April 2009) - 4.5m parents eligible
  • Currently one-fifth of the UK workforce does some work from home (UK Office for National Statistics records)
  • 90% of these are in managerial, professional, technical and skilled trades
  • Consider the effect of:
    • Recession – cutting overheads
    • Pandemic – swine flu, need for risk management strategy
    • Environment
    • Weather - snow
challenges
Challenges
  • Loss of face-to-face contact
    • Connection/collaboration with the team
  • Perceptions of remote workers
  • Morale
  • Blurred boundaries
  • Organisational issues
    • Corporate identity
    • Management approach
    • Trust
    • Budget
    • Culture
  • Technical issues
    • Support
    • Security
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakesdad/2838195408/

The ideal solution for most employees who work remotely is for the set-up at home to replicate the set-up in the office

getting a rw started
Getting a RW started
  • Hardware
    • PC, monitor, printer, keyboard, laptop, DVD rewriters, scanners, audio & video equipment, headset, speakers, phone, etc.
  • Software
    • All the programmes they have in the office, and more!
    • User accounts
    • Remote access to email, calendar etc.
  • Broadband and Wireless
    • Offer options, reviews, support alternatives
  • VPN (SSL)
  • Introduction to the organisation
    • Overview of systems, servers, Web site and Intranet
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TECHNOLOGY

Technology is about connections - connecting people to each other, to ideas, and to possibilities

communications tools
Communications Tools
  • Email
  • Telephony
  • VOIP
    • Skype, vontage
  • Online Chat
    • AIM, Skype, SMS, IRC, Jabber,
  • Social Networking – Facebook, Linkedin, Xing,
  • Microblogging –Twitter, Yammer, Jaiku
  • RSS – Google reader
  • Recommendation services – Friend Feed
  • Blogs
collaborative working tools
Collaborative Working Tools
  • Wikis
  • Shared applications
    • Google docs
  • Project management tools
  • Bookmarking tools
    • Delicious, Connotea
  • File transfer
  • Calendars
    • Google Calendar
virtual meetings
Virtual Meetings
  • Access Grid
  • Virtual Room Videoconferencing System (VRVS)
  • Skype
  • Tokbox
  • Webinars – GotoWebinar, Elluminate…
  • Value of community – support from outside the pond
  • Cultural issues?
mobile devices
Mobile Devices
  • Smartphones, PDAs, Blackberries, laptops
  • Make sure they are added in a structured way – record all devices – ID number
  • Handset envy?
  • Maintain all devices
  • Making your data (Intranet etc.) available on mobile devices
  • Mobile unified communications – bringing data back
  • Mobile broadband – dongles, 3G
  • Security issues – both data (encryption?) and actual devices (locks)
working on the move
Working on the Move
  • Hardware – Smart phone, laptop, camera, various back up devices, 3G, modem, data access on phone
  • Software - Skype, Twitter, TripAdvisor, Flickr, Facebook, Linkedin
  • Apps - currency, rail and travel services, flight status, airline Seat Guide, quickVoice, PayPal
  • See ‘Travelling Kit for a Remote Worker’
  • Issues
    • Expense of data abroad
    • Time zones
    • Jetlag
  • Why not work from another country?
  • See Remote Remote Working
technical support
Technical Support
  • Tracking system
    • Logging support calls, detailed audit trails
  • Create online documentation
    • FAQs, self-help tools
  • Remote assistance/access (windows/LINUX), remote PC diagnostic tools
    • Problems tend to cover  connectivity, access rights, equipment support and application software
  • Availability of staff
  • Give RWs freedom to support themselves, feedback
  • Security - anti-malware, firewall, data encryption software
  • Security of data (greater risk of loss or theft?), Laptop encryption
amplified conferences
Amplified Conferences
  • Video Streaming
  • Assigning a tag
  • Creative Commons
  • Sharing available resources
    • PPTs – Slideshare
    • Photos - Flickr
    • Video – YouTube
    • Podcasts – Podomatic
  • Promote your resources
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POLICY

When a boardroom policy is being created it should always keep practical implementation at the front of its mind

http://www.flickr.com/photos/a440/512348882/

policies
Policies
  • Set them up in advance
  • Make them clear and transparent
  • But also make them flexible
  • Cover:
    • Eligibility, availability, contact procedures, workspace requirements, equipment and usage, expenses, training, ownership, etc.
  • Questions for consideration:
    • Can they use their own PC if they chose?
    • Can they use their work PC for home use?
    • Can other people use their PC?
  • Observe the development of effective patterns of usage rather than dictate
improving morale
Improving Morale
  • RW fodder - self-sufficiency, self-belief and the ability to motivate themselves
  • Inclusion and Support
  • Shared Goals
  • Time management
  • Commitment
    • From remote workers
    • From all other staff
    • From management
    • From IT services
  • Responsibility
  • Feedback mechanisms – for RW and from team leader
a support framework
A Support Framework
  • UKOLN
    • Iterative process
    • RW community
    • RW champion
  • JISC project Location Independent Working
    • 40 staff
    • Training and handbook
  • Support Framework =
    • Technology +
    • Policies and Procedures +
    • Commitment +
    • Feedback
public sector barriers
Public Sector Barriers
  • UKOLN is aware that there can be some barriers to use of Web 2.0 services (legal, cultural, financial, technical, resource wise etc.) in the public sector
  • Is this still a problem when working from home?
  • Time to develop a Business Case like Dumbartonshire
  • Take a risk management approach
  • Use the risks & opportunities framework
  • Be well informed
conclusions
Conclusions
  • Research on virtual teams - 90/10 rule, i.e. that to work effectively they should comprise 90% people, 10% technology
  • Communication and community are key
    • Inclusion and support
    • Shared goals
    • Encourage constructive feedback
    • Policies and procedures
  • A connected remote worker requires commitment from everyone in your organisation
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COMMITMENT

UKOLN remote workers

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