Workplace Engineering

Interesting note from Web Worker Daily

Workplace Trends: The End of Cubicle Dwelling?: “While outsourcing isn’t new, the rapid increase in the number of remote workers is. According to WorldatWork, ‘the number of employee telecommuters in the U.S. increased 39 percent, from 12.4 million in 2006 to 17.2 million in 2008.’ Businesses are actively seeking to embrace remote working as it lowers overheads — see Simon’s post on GigaOM Pro, ‘Enabling the Web Working Revolution’ (subscription required). Anecdotally, I seem to see more and more people working remotely from home offices and coffee shops.”

(Via WebWorkerDaily.)

How 18th Century Technology Could Down an Airliner | Autopia | Wired.com: “The air speed indicators on the doomed plane included a Pitot tube, named for Henri Pitot, the French engineer who in 1732 created an instrument that could measure the velocity of a fluid. Grossly oversimplified, airspeed is determined by measuring the difference between ram air pressure coming into the Pitot tube and static air pressure at altitude. If anything blocks a Pitot tube or static port, the measurement will be inaccurate and jeopardize the safety of the flight. “

(Via .)

Management Rev Ed by Peter F. Drucker

rating: 4 of 5 stars
It took me until my late thirties to rediscover Drucker. I’m listening to this on my commute to work in the mornings…the unabridged version is 19 hours long and is great to get me through my morning drive.



Drucker is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand management and his early works (whether updated or not) are absolutely pertinent and he really boils the fluff down to key learnings that cut to the core of what management is e.g. a managers fundamental role is to:



1 - Set Objectives



2 - Organize



3 - Motivate and Comunicate



4 - Measurement



5 - Develop People



Just an incredible reference and guide!








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