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Who Killed the Digital Nomad?

Who Killed the Digital Nomad?. Kjetil Moløkken-Østvold – Conceptos Consulting XP2010, 2.-3. June, Trondheim. The rise of the digital nomad. A trend much hyped in the nineties A new modern work-force was facilitated Powerful laptops Ubiquitous high-speed wireless connections

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Who Killed the Digital Nomad?

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  1. Who Killed the Digital Nomad? Kjetil Moløkken-Østvold – Conceptos Consulting XP2010, 2.-3. June, Trondheim

  2. The rise of the digital nomad • A trend much hyped in the nineties • A new modern work-force was facilitated • Powerful laptops • Ubiquitous high-speed wireless connections • Modern work-patterns and the war for talent • Mike Elgan (2009): “Is digital nomad living going mainstream?” www.computerworld.com

  3. Is digital nomad living going mainstream?

  4. Not in the NorwegianIT-sector • Most places, people have to show up for work: • Each day • In a designated work-area • In a designated timeslot

  5. This is unnecessary and counter-productive

  6. Horrible open space solutions • People are stuffed like sardines • Hot, humid and low quality air • Noisy, with phones ringing and people talking The cubicle life ridiculed in Dilbert is luxurious by comparison!

  7. Employers are command-and-control • Core time is mandated • Lack of flexibility • Immature view of telecommuting

  8. Traffic = waste! • Moving persons around twice a day is a waste of fuel and time • The Norwegian infrastructure is crumbling (try bus #37) • The situation is getting worse, and we are on a trajectory to Tokyo conditions

  9. The irony • An industry developing communication systems and collaboration platforms • So reluctant to take their own medicine and practice what they preach

  10. Who actually killed the digital nomad?

  11. The culprits:Old fashioned managers • Some can only “control” those they can see • No knowledge of communication solutions • Hours of work more important than outcome

  12. The culprits: Immature collaboration technologies • Virual Reality, Second Life etc. has been oversold • Collaboration software has been less than user-friendly • Quality conference systems have been expensive

  13. The culprits: The “daily stand-up” fanatics • ”ScrumMasters” justifying their existence with pointless routines • Lack of understanding triggers fundamentalist reflexes • Please see: • “Daglige stand-up møtererdestruktive” • http://tcs.java.no/tcs/?id=55A02830-1508-4690-8321-B7CAA32C9337

  14. Opportunities for digital nomads • Acceptance: even medical surgery is now performed remotely via Telemedicine • A new breed of managers, emphasizing trust and performance • Evolving and cost-efficient tools like Tandberg, Skype and collaboration platforms • (see my talk tomorrow on “Distributed requirement handling.”)

  15. The benefits • Personal freedom • Better quality results • Cost-reductions

  16. What I am not advocating • Bossnapping • Blowing up your corporate HQ • Utter despair

  17. Key message: deliver customer value in a cost efficient manner The unimportant stuff The important stuff Frequent deliveries Daily communication with customers and users Continuous improvement (act on your retrospectives!) • Time and location of work • Artifacts like yellow notes and whiteboards • ”Daily stand-ups” and the likes

  18. Thank you! • Contact information: • Presentation: http://www.conceptos.no/ • Email: • No questions allowed here, but remember Kenny Rogers: “…so if you don't mind my sayin',I can see you're out of aces.For a taste of your whiskey I'll give you some advice.“”

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