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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Who Killed the Digital Nomad?
Kjetil Moløkken-Østvold – Conceptos ConsultingXP2010, 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– Modern work-patterns and
the war for talent
• Mike Elgan (2009): “Is digital nomad living going mainstream?” www.computerworld.com
Is digital nomad living going
mainstream?
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
This is unnecessary and counter-productive
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!
Employers are command-and-control
• Core time is mandated
• Lack of flexibility• Immature view of
telecommuting
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
The irony
• An industry developing communication systems and collaboration platforms
• So reluctant to take their own medicine and practice what they preach
Who actually killed the digital nomad?
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
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
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 møter
er destruktive”– http://tcs.java.no/tcs/?
id=55A02830-1508-4690-8321-B7CAA32C9337
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.”)
The benefits
• Personal freedom• Better quality results• Cost-reductions
What I am not advocating
• Bossnapping• Blowing up your
corporate HQ• Utter despair
Key message: deliver customer value in a cost efficient manner
The unimportant stuff
• Time and location of work• Artifacts like yellow notes
and whiteboards• ”Daily stand-ups” and the
likes
The important stuff
• Frequent deliveries• Daily communication with
customers and users• Continuous improvement
(act on your retrospectives!)
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.“”