Future Workspaces » Add new tag http://www.futureworkspaces.nl Grip op Het Nieuwe Werken Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:05:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Challenges of the modern worker: element 4 “on top” http://www.futureworkspaces.nl/2008/10/23/challenges-of-the-modern-worker-element-4-on-top/ http://www.futureworkspaces.nl/2008/10/23/challenges-of-the-modern-worker-element-4-on-top/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:30:31 +0000 Marcel Bijlsma http://www.futureworkspaces.nl/?p=550 Today, together with Ruud,  I dwelled further on the core challenges of the modern worker. We already introduced the core concepts of in sync, in touch and in flow, but we came up with a fourth called “in control” or maybe more appropriate “on top”. Key is that the concept of “on top” accounts for the needed craftmanship of the modern worker. As in the old times real craftsman knew their tools inside out, we think modern workers should be knowledgeable also on their tooling. This craftmanship has been lost for many end-users for some years now. People don’t really know their tools anymore: how to use them, how to customize them (or even repair them as in the old medieval craftman times). All is left to the helpdesk. As some qualitative (not scientifically in any sense) proof-of-the-pudding: many role model type of modern workers I know are indeed quite knowledgeable. They like to experiment with new tools, know somehow by heart all the advantages and disadvantages of their tools and have many stories of the cumbersome time it took them to master their installation and use.

Could it be that “on top” indeed is a core concept supporting the concepts of in sync, in touch and in flow?

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