Why we do what we do.
The evolution of the office, so far.
Everything we have learned from the Industrial Age has brought us to this point. The concept of the office is as old as the Industrial Revolution itself. The factory was the core of the workplace where the machines were located, and workers commuted to run them. When machines ceased to be the center of productivity, the concept of the ‘office’ was envisaged.
The office was the place employees commuted to for the purposes of productivity. The machines were replaced with office infrastructure, telecommunications, technology and processes. Proximity was important before the birth of our connected universe. The office employee commuted here to run the processes using the infrastructure available. This continued into the Knowledge Economy. Again, the concept of the office moved on.
Today, we have the option of re-thinking the workspace today. Would this be a physical space where people need to congregate? A conceptual interaction space, based on spaces created worldwide by social networking structures and other systems that link like with like.
The office in the connected world.
Organizations are essentially people with a shared motivation. They love to attract the best talent, employ them and work with them. Of course, the best talent in the world is not necessarily in the commuter space of your office. But in the connected world, they still can be your assets.
Machines and processes have now been replaced by data and knowledge structures. These are the centre of the organization now. The talent pool is the center of the workplace and not the infrastructure. The talent pool is not location-centric and processes are peripheral.
As for infrastructure, in our century, technology and connectivity are more and more pervasive. Every individual now has a handheld computer in his pocket, powered by microprocessors that rival the best desktop computers, wirelessly connected at high-speed to the Internet. As the DNA of the office mutates to a virtual one, the environment is forming quickly around it.
The administration of a virtual office
We don’t commute to the office any more. The workplace is all around us. And herein lays the envelope that requires an assertive push.
The core of the business would comprise all the key members of your organization, working on the fundamentals of your business. The virtual office must be built around this core. This is where ReadyDesk comes in.
Technology, administration, collateral services will comprise the underpinning of that support structure. ReadyDesk provides you with a support organization into which you plug your core. The advantages of the a virtual office go beyond rudimentary assistance and operational support.
Ready Desk Advantages
| Interoperability | Confidentiality |
| Security | Robustness |
| Customization | Cost-efficiency |