Special Report: Using Lessons from Activity-Based Working to Redefine the Post-Pandemic Workplace
Conclusion:
Employee empowerment is the basic principle behind activity-based working (ABW). In order to make ABW work, a company’s culture needs to shift from command and control to trust, responsibility, and empowerment. As organisations plan their return-to-office strategy, an opportunity exists to decide if workplace defaults will continue, or the lessons learned from working through a pandemic will be incorporated to accommodate a more holistic approach to getting work done.
About The Advisor
Joseph Sweeney
Dr. Joseph Sweeney is an IBRS advisor specialising in the areas of workforce transformation and the future of work, including; workplace strategies, end-user computing, collaboration, workflow and low code development, data-driven strategies, policy, and organisational cultural change. He is the author of IBRS’s Digital Workspaces methodology. Dr Sweeney has a particular focus on Microsoft, Google, AWS, VMWare, and Citrix. He often assists organisations in rationalising their licensing spend while increasing workforce engagement. He is also deeply engaged in the education sector. Joseph was awarded the University of Newcastle Medal in 2007 for his studies in Education, and his doctorate, granted in 2015, was based on research into Australia’s educational ICT policies for student device deployments.