Struggling with the practicalities of managing remote and distributed teams? Listen to our interview with a company founder who is making it work. Flexible Boss editor Heather Greig-Smith interviews Chris Mair, one of the founding partners of technology company DADI+ which… Read More ›

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Flexible Boss Magazine: March 2016
Welcome to the latest edition of Flexible Boss. This quarter, we take a look at the use of sensors in the workplace. Many companies are now using them to monitor the effectiveness of their work spaces and enable the shift… Read More ›
University scoops workplace award
Sheffield Hallam University has been awarded a prestigious Leesman+ award for the effectiveness of its agile workplace. Gabriella Jozwiak talks to director of estates Mark Swales. An academic timetabling team, electrical engineers, events management and surveyors are among the staff… Read More ›
Office not required?
How to make remote working a success Flexible Boss is pleased to announce the first in a series of online sessions debating the issues around agile working. Technology company DADI decided to dispense with offices for good. Listen to founding… Read More ›
Preparing for the future
Executive MBA programmes are becoming more flexible – leveraging distance learning and preparing business leaders for the collaborative future, says Michael Desiderio, executive director of the Executive MBA Council. As today’s business leaders face the constant pressure of having to… Read More ›
Why hot-desking backfires
Empowering employees is more important than saving space says PGi’s Mike O’Boyle. Despite predictions that the workforce will increasingly consist of flexible workers – teleworkers, freelancers, part-timers, etc. – we are actually witnessing an era where enterprise and major companies… Read More ›
Moving to agile working: webinars
Flexible Boss is to launch a series of webinars in 2016. The webinars will feature case studies of flexible & agile working organisations and will provide advice and experience for companies making the transition. They will feature a range of… Read More ›
The flexibility stampede
Canadian not-for-profit WORKshift is dedicated to promoting, educating and accelerating the adoption of flexible work programmes across the country. It provides a road map and tools for organisations to achieve business agility. Created in Calgary, the body also works in… Read More ›
Case study: ABN Amro takes next step
Dutch bank ABN Amro started its HR-led flexibility programme New Ways of Working in 2009. However, in 2003 implementation of the programme stopped and the bank changed its approach. Heather Greig-Smith finds out why. Dutch bank ABN Amro started an… Read More ›
Dads: flexible working is for you
David Dunbar is head of digital workplace transformation at Nationwide Building Society. A long-time advocate and user of flexible working, he says dads should push to work differently. When my son was born, almost 20 years ago, I was working… Read More ›