Thank goodness for PST...I just landed in LA and headed to the hotel to catch the segment on Charlie Gibson's World News Tonight on ABC on the workplace of the future.
The video is in the top right hand corner...and you'll have to watch a 30-second ad first, but I'm feeling generous today so will give a hall pass this time round :)
The video is already on YouTube:
I think it turned out great and couldn't be more proud of the crayonistas, crayonville and our friends and supporters - from those who hang out with us every Thursday morning at 9am EST for coffee with crayon to our clients to our community - readers, listeners and muses.
Building the workplace of the future isn't PR spin. It's a commitment. We strongly feel that there is a revolution-a-coming and "employees" are going to revolt against companies who control and restrict their web access time, visit virtual worlds, ability to upload and/or download, share, blog and/or podcast. Perhaps that's why so many people want to work at crayon!
On a less intense note, we believe in the remote model and think companies do themselves a disservice by mandating people exist in a physical building in order to be considered valuable and/or productive. In addition, when people are recruited who live elsewhere, in order to be hired, they are asked to uproot themselves from their home, friends, network and community. That's just wrong and is a recipe for disaster.
Don't get me wrong...the remote and virtual models are not without their challenges. I believe we're still scratching the surface of collaborative potential in Second Life. With the addition of voice, we've taken context and communication to the next level, but I want more...I want to see collaborate white boards linked to tablets...I want to see Powerpoint presentations that animate with multimedia...I think any of these elements will further propel and validate the Virtual value proposition.
Finally, kudos to ABC for their vision to report on this. We're very grateful they chose us to cover.
