Finding The Right CloudWorker

“The telecommuter is dead; meet the cloudworker.” – Venkatesh Rao CloudWorkers. By the amount of mails I got after my earlier post this week, I assume it’s a topic you find fascinating. Well, I do. As far as I know, this term was coined by Venkathesh Rao: “The cloudworker is the prototypical information worker of …

The Context Machine: Resilience By Diversity

In a new series called “The Context Machine” I will summarize three years of looking for answers to the following question: “If you are a Project Manager that operates for a short period of time in a foreign organization, with a global team you don’t know, in a domain you would not know, using virtual …

The Context Machine: Leading CloudWorkers

Knowledge workers can work from anywhere. They just need a laptop and access to the cloud (the Internet). These “CloudWorkers” are very convenient for organizations. They are highly specialized, flexible, location independent and have no overhead.

The Context Machine: The Essence Is Context

In a series called The Context Machine I will summarize three years of looking for answers to the following question: “If you are a Project Manager that operates for a short period of time in a foreign organization, with a global team you don’t know, in a domain you would not know, using virtual communication, …

The Context Machine: The Need For A Multi Layered Model

In a series called The Context Machine I will summarize three years of looking for answers to the following question: “If you are a Project Manager that operates for a short period of time in a foreign organization, with a global team you don’t know, in a domain you would not know, using virtual communication, …