Decentralized work: The final frontier

The ideologies that give birth to systems remain long after they cease being valuable. End result: we have systems and policies that function under ideologies/views that are no longer needed, and in many instances, have an overall negative impact. Consider work. Many people are now involved in work that doesn’t require physical presence at an office. Yet, how we define and value work still carries the views from 50+ years ago. Taylorism is still reflected in how we see work and employees. Inside Higher Ed considers decentralized work: “Whether you call it teleworking, Web working, telecommuting, distance working, or e-working, the concept is the same: Work isn’t some place you go, it’s something you do. It focuses on the information-age idea of decentralizing the office, as opposed to the industrial-age idea of bringing everyone to one single location.”