Work is an Activity, not a Location

Becoming a dad for the first time in the last month has really brought it home to me the value of being able to work whenever and wherever.  Little Carter is fabulous but predictable he is not and when he wants attention he has to have it - whether his dad is trying to working or not. 

The flexibility to be able to work at a time that family life allows means that I am able to stay productive and respond to the needs of my team, partners and customers quickly and efficiently - whether it is via an ADSL/WiFi connection at home or sitting in Starbucks with a Windows Mobile device whilst he is sleeping.

Allowing and trusting your teams to work when and where the opportunity allows really does increase job satisfaction and helps me maintain a healthier work-life balance.  One of the main reasons I got into IT over 20 years ago was the potential I saw for how it could help make people's lives better - and now I am finally the beneficiary of the advances in mobile working technologies.

Let me know about your experiences of balancing family and work life and how technology helps you stay on top of things and how Cobweb could help improve the way you and your teams work.