Working remotely, not to state the obvious, is very different from working in an office. While most leaders know how to handle the office working environment and what is needed to keep staff happy, how to aid collaboration and to ensure engagement and motivation levels remain high. The rapid move to home working has left Read more about Importance of communication within a remote team.[…]
If you look up the definition of virtual in the dictionary you get the following: ‘almost a particular thing or quality’ or in terms of computing ‘Something that is virtual can be done or seen using a computer and therefore without going anywhere or talking to anyone’. So, it’s understandable when we talk about ourselves Read more about Virtual still means real…[…]
You can’t escape it, robots are taking over. So maybe not in the way depicted in sci-fi films, thankfully no terminators are roaming the streets and we’re not all living in the matrix. But, AI is playing a bigger and bigger part in our lives, and recruitment is no different. When applying for a job, Read more about How to write a bot busting CV[…]
Since we moved to a virtual working model in 2016 the question I get asked the most is, ‘how do you manage people when they’re spread all over the country?’ And it’s a valid question, and one that will no doubt be asked of leaders more often in the future, as more organisations implement remote Read more about How to manage a remote team.[…]
Chiumento is a ‘virtually virtual’ business. Over 80% of our team now work permanently from home and that will increase further in the months ahead. Much has already been said about the benefits of a virtual business. For example, one of our team recently wrote a blog explaining the difference it has made to her Read more about Thinking about working from home? Six things to consider[…]
When I was a child in the late 60’s there weren’t that many cars parked on our street. Few people had one. We lived at No.13 and we were the first house with a car. The next was way up at No.29. What there were though were no less than three TV repair vans sporting Read more about The jobs that just disappeared – Will yours be next?[…]
I’ve just created my first website totally from scratch! Woo hoo. It’s not often I blow my own trumpet but I’m pretty pleased with myself and the outcome (www.chiumento.co.uk). But while doing it, it got me thinking about how far technology has progressed in the relatively short-time since I started my marketing career just over Read more about Has technology reduced or increased the need for experts?[…]
I read an article today discussing Automattic, a multi-million dollar start up in the US and the brains behind the website publishing tool, WordPress, and how it’s shutting its office. Not because it’s gone bankrupt but because on any given day there are more games machines than there are people in the office. Employees are Read more about Are offices a thing of the past?[…]