Index
A
access to funds as requirement for business travelers, 93-94
accessories for home offices, choosing, 79-85
accountability, as obstacle to working Out of Office, 69-71
achieving balance in work and personal life, 139-140
Adams, Douglas, 147
adaptability, importance of, 130-132
advantages of working Out of Office, 31-32
community involvement, 37
control of the environment, 32-35
setting your own working hours, 41-43
airports, 15
“always on” technology, advantages of, 127-128
Amon, Faith, 78
Asaro, Adrienne, 76
assigning value to time, 145-146
availability, controlling, 99
B
Baier, Mary, 77
balance
achieving in work and personal life, 139-140
defining, 139
work/life integration, 142-143
benefits of working Out of Office, 31-32
community involvement, 37
control of the environment, 32-35
setting your own working hours, 41-43
Blackberry smartphone, 123
BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics), 10
bodyripped.net, 100
Bram, Thursday, 76
Branson, Richard, 146
building relationships with clients, 60-61
business cards, trading, 111
business travelers, 91
availability, controlling, 99
Internet connectivity, locating, 61-62
loss of business data, preparing for, 92
maintaining your health, 100-102
organization, 107-114, 117-120
receipts, collecting, 119
rewards for traveling, 102-104
BYOD (bring your own device), 35
C
CamCard, 111
Capollupo, Adrienne, 162
Carrol, Edward, 56
challenges to working Out of Office, 51
childcare
as benefit of working Out of Office, 44-45
as obstacle to working Out of Office, 55-57
choosing
accessories for home offices, 79-85
Citrix, support for Out of Office work, 27
cleaning your workspace, 109
client offices, as obstacle to working Out of Office, 21-23
Clooney, George, 34
cloud computing, 46
Dropbox, 114
iCloud, 183
Microsoft SkyDrive, 183
Coffee Break, 185
coffee shops, 15
Cole, Kenneth, 24
collaboration tools
iDoneThis, 182
collecting receipts, 119
communal work spaces, 162
communication
impact of technology on, 123-124
community involvement, as benefit of working Out of Office, 37
company-supplied computers, 85-86
Consear, Pam, 42
contingency plans for work interruptions, 57-58
control of the environment, as benefit of working Out of Office, 32-35
controlling availability, 99
Cooper, Arthur, 84
corporate support for Out of Office workers, 27
cost savings, as benefit of working Out of Office, 37-38
co-working spaces, 19, 162-163
importance of flexibility, 130-132
indispensible versus valued employees, 129-130
culture change
as obstacle to working Out of Office, 25-26
office politics, 35
D
deadlines, managing, 40
Dell, Michael, 146
desks, choosing, 82
diets, maintaining on the road, 101-102
distractions
as impetus for in-office work, 165
as obstacle to working Out of Office, 14-16, 57-58
technological solutions to, 14
tuning out, 16
domestic chores, as obstacle to working Out of Office, 59-60
Drucker, Peter, 2
E
education, assigning value to, 146
efficiency, impact of technology on, 125-127
electronic data, managing, 114
email versus face-to-face interaction, 160
ergonomics, 79
establishing priorities, 39-40, 140-141
expenses
opportunity cost, 128
receipts, collecting, 119
F
face-to-face interaction
versus email, 160
need for, 12
family support as challenge to working Out of Office, 52-54
flexibility
jelly working, 62
in performing daily tasks, 150-152
of work arrangements, 161
flexible working hours as benefit of working Out of Office, 41-43
FOMO (fear of missing out), 123
Foursquare, 98
G
Gates, Bill, 146
Glass project, 128
Google Docs, 45
Google Glass project, 128
Grafman, Jordan, 141
Grid-It, 119
H
health
Horowitz, Shel, 82
hot desking, 19
hotels, 15
as workspace, 23
hotspots (Wi-Fi)
Hussein, Ruksanah, 78
I
iCloud, 183
iDoneThis, 182
indispensible versus valued employees, 129-130
information workers, 2
in-office work, transitioning to, 155-168
integration, whole life approach to, 142-143
Internet connectivity
on company-owned computers, 87
effect on urban drift, 74
locating, 61
interruptions as obstacle to working Out of Office, 57-58
isolation
as obstacle to working Out of Office, 62-63
isolation as obstacle to working Out of Office, 14
IT support as obstacle to working Out of Office, 64-66
Itkoff, Adam, 41
J-K
jelly working, 62
Jobs, Steve, 146
Kale, Sheila, 165
knowledge workers, 2
L
lack of control in public spaces, 18-19
lack of family support as challenge to working Out of Office, 52-54
lack of routine as source of stress, 42
power chargers, 119
Ledbetter, Donna, 101
lighting, importance of, 77
locating Internet connectivity, 61
location of office as indicator of status, 26
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (Sillitoe, Alan), 62
loss of business data, preparing for, 92
M
Mac-and-Cheese effect, 45
MacDonald, Steven, 159
managing
deadlines, 40
electronic data, 114
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, 148
Mayer, Marisa, 86
McCaskey, Katie, 74
McPherson, Lori, 77
meetings
as obstacle to working Out of Office, 11-12
parts of, 159
videoconferencing
Microsoft SkyDrive, 183
Microsoft Word, 45
Mikolski, Pavel, 35
Miller, Jacque, 93
Miller, John, 80
Miller, Kim, 165
Miriani, Briana, 77
mobile devices
advantages of “always on” technology, 125-127
Mophie Helium charging case, 178-179
multiuse space, 17
N
Nagel, Eric, 81
need for team contact as obstacle to working Out of Office, 24-26
nerdfitness.com, 100
O
obstacles to working Out of Office, 51
OCR (optical character recognition), 111
office politics, 35
office space
location of as indicator of status, 26
renting, 22
for business travelers, 117-120
managing electronic data, 114
receipts, collecting, 119
storage, 117
Out of Office, corporate support for, 27
P
Pearce, Robert, 94
Pearson, Carolyn, 95
personal life, balancing with work life, 139-140
personality type
as obstacle to working Out of Office, 9-14
work style self-assessment, 27-29
pets as obstacle to working Out of Office, 54-55
Phone Stack, 126
planning
Pottery Barn room planner, 115
power chargers, 119
Mophie Helium charging case, 178-179
preparing for loss of business data, 92
priorities, establishing, 39-40, 140-141. See also time management
Pritchser, Jamie, 43
productivity, impact of technology on, 125-127
productivity assistants
Coffee Break, 185
public spaces, lack of control in, 18-19
Q-R
Racoma, Lidia Varesco, 160
Ramirez, Dan, 84
receipts, collecting, 119
recruitment as benefit of working Out of Office, 47-48
reduced stress as benefit of working Out of Office, 35-37
relationship building
as obstacle to working Out of Office, 66-69
renting office space, 22
Research in Motion, 123
restaurant.com, 104
retaining Out of Office workers, 163
retention as benefit of working Out of Office, 47-48
returning to in-office work, 155-168
Rogers, Wes, 46
importance of flexibility, 130-132
indispensible versus valued employees, 129-130
rural drift, 74
S
saving money as benefit of working Out of Office, 37-38
scanning business cards, 112
scheduling domestic chores, 59-60
security of Wi-Fi hotspots, 61-62
selecting
accessories for home offices, 79-85
self-discipline, tuning out distractions, 16
separating work and domestic life, 78, 166
sharing
SkyDrive, 183
“always on” technology, advantages of, 125-127
apps, 113
Blackberry, 123
managing electronic data, 114
Mophie Helium charging case, 178-179
power chargers, 119
accountability groups, 70
loss of business data, preparing for, 92
space restrictions as obstacle to working Out of Office, 17-21
Steele, Dayna, 83
storage, 117
storing business cards, 111
stress
lack of routine as source of, 42
managing deadlines, 40
support tasks as obstacle to working Out of Office, 63-64
T
tasks
flexibility in performing, 150-152
work/life integration, 149-150
tax implications of home offices, 77
team contact
building relationships with clients, 60-61
as obstacle to working Out of Office, 24-26
technological solutions to distractions, 14
technology
advantages of “always on,” 127-128
BYOD, 35
cloud computing, 46
iCloud, 183
Microsoft SkyDrive, 183
collaboration tools
iDoneThis, 182
domestic home automation, 88
email versus face-to-face interaction, 160
impact on communication, 123-124
impact on multitasking, 141-142
impact on productivity, 125-127
as obstacle to working Out of Office, 64-66
version control for documents, 45
videoconferencing
assigning value to time, 145-146
changing points of reference, 147
domestic chores, sheduling, 59-60
opportunity cost, 148
productivity assistants
Coffee Break, 185
trading business cards, 111
trading vacation days for Out of Office work style, 161
transitioning to in-office work, 155-168
traveling, rewards of, 102-104
trxtraining.com, 100
tuning out distractions, 16
U
Uber, 98
Up in the Air, 34
urban drift, 74
V
vacation days, trading for Out of Office work style, 161
value, assigning to time, 145-146
valued versus indispensible employees, 129-130
VAs (virtual assistants), 63-64
Vavrinak, Mandy, 76
Vercillo, Kathryn, 62
version control for documents, 45
videoconferencing
W
websites
bodyripped.net, 100
nerdfitness.com, 100
restaurant.com, 104
trxtraining.com, 100
Weintraub, Haralee, 80
Westberg, Kirsten, 44
whole life approach to balance, 142-143
Wi-Fi hotspots, security of, 61-62
work ethic, importance of, 132-133
work life, balancing with personal life, 139-140
work style self-assessment, 27-29
accessories for home offices, choosing, 79-85
tax implications, 77
time management, changing points of reference, 147
workout schedules, maintaining on the road, 100-101
workspaces
cleaning, 109
communal, 162
co-working, 19
hot desking, 19
hotels, 23
renting, 22
storage, 117
X-Y-Z
Yahoo!, 156
Zbar, Jeff, 79