Distributed Working
Would you prefer to travel less? Be at home more? Get your work done within
the working day? Feel fresh on weekends?
Would you like more time for reflection and thinking? Participate in projects
with colleagues from around the world?
How much do you spend each year on business travel, and how big is your carbon
footprint?
Could you achieve the same - or more - for less?
It's time for a change.
We've Got To Stop Meeting Like This
In addition to our time and energy, traditional face-to-face meetings represent
a huge investment, and can have a huge impact on the environment. Think of a
meeting or conference you're planning, or that you've attended or organised, and enter details below to
find out just how much...
We cannot go on ignoring the cost of meetings. There must be a better way, and
when we do meet face-to-face they had better be worth it!
The world is changing fast. We live in an era of technological innovation and
exponentially growing bandwidth, a changing demographic in the workplace, and
the emergence of social networking through the internet. At the same time there
are dramatic environmental, social and political changes that cause all of us to
re-evaluate our lifestyles. It's no wonder we are all looking for different ways
of working.
Over many years ForthRoad has been learning and experimenting with different
ways of working. We think the time is right to offer our meetings expertise to
others who want to get off the treadmill of business travel and meetings.
3 Key Insights
Face-to-face meeting have their place but when this becomes the default it kills us.
Distributed working involves the design of a distributed working process, not
the replacement of a physical meeting with a virtual one.
It's not about the tools, it's about understanding what you're trying to
achieve. This is a new skill we have to learn.
How We Can Help
With the right support and design, business objectives can be met with
considerably less effort and broader participation.
We can help you plan ahead to identify where the value of face-to-face
interaction will outweigh it's cost, and support you with professional
facilitation and event planning to make the most of these times when you are
together. When it is not appropriate to be together we can help you to apply the
right tool at the right time to get the right results.
We know what it takes to get people working together to achieve a great business
outcome, and as the world around us continues to evolve and change "working
together" will also change. We can help you adapt to these changes.
ForthRoad offers support for distributed meetings in service of business
results including design, data management, facilitation, tools and ideas.