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Collaborative team work

Some projects are naturally collaborative; some achieve collaboration and the rest have collaboration thrust upon them.

The ideal of working together to bring everyone involved greater resources, recognition and reward is greatly appreciated at a strategic level where managers look to maximise scarce resources and make savings wherever possible. The why does the word “collaboration” strikes fear into the hearts of experienced managers?

Planning a joint project is easy enough, but no matter how enthusiastic people are at meetings, once back at the office good intentions are submerged under an avalanche of “priority” (or rather “regular”) workload. Emails and voicemail are easy to ignore and even the keenest and most conscientious team player has a tendency to metamorphosise into the invisible person for the duration of a collaborative project.

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Flexible working hours the answer to congestion charge costs, says The Logic House (UK) Limited

Proposals for the Cambridge congestion charge are making it clear to business owners and managers that they will end up holding responsibility for the environmental impact of their staff travel.

Whilst Cambridgeshire County Council claim that nothing is settled until the results of the consultation are reviewed and government money is awarded, businesses who suspect a fait acompli similar to the guided bus consultation are preparing for the worst.

“It doesn’t have to be the worst case scenario for either companies or employees” points out Richard Piotrowski, Director of The Logic House Ltd. “The idea that every one of your employees should be in the same geographical location for 100% of the working day deserves its own place in the Museum of Technology.

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