What makes a "Best RoadWork Place"?
If you read the Los Gatos Starbucks review and my recent WorkLog entry entitled "A Room
with a View" you will start to understand my personal preferences for what makes up My
Best RoadWork Place. Subjectiveness aside, there are many attributes that most people
need and want in a good workplace.
I have narrowed what started as a long list down to ten categories and applied them
specifically to publicly accessible environments. Each location may have additional attributes
that make them good, or bad, places outside their originally intended purpose. For instance,
a coffee house with the best coffee does not necessarily rate it as a best "WorkPlace"
destination.
Selecting ten general characteristics was a bit of a struggle. I really have twenty general
categories with a scoring system totaling one hundred. This level of detail is really only
important to someone who wants to create a good remote work environment. I tried to cut
the ratings down to only five. But I couldn't bring myself to get rid of items like cleanliness
and good service, both which contribute, albeit subliminally, to the overall impression of a
place.
Admittedly, when choosing a place to go for the day, I only have one major requirement -
are there electrical outlets. Hopefully, in the future when small fuel cells or some such power
source is invented, this will no longer be a problem. Next comes free WiFi, plenty of daylight,
good tea (iced or hot depending on the time of the year), great music and a sense of
community, mostly but not always in that order. Lastly, comes parking access, decor,
furniture, office services, etc. Things I have grudgingly come to accept as typically a bad
given, making the inclusion of these items a lobbying effort for better versions in workplaces
of the future.
Let it not go unnoticed that those things that are last or least important on the list are those
that are provided by most companies. Conversely, except for electricity, the most important
factors that contribute to a good work environment are rarely supplied in a corporate
environment. So far I have not found any workplace that rated a 50 or five +'s. The criteria is
steep but far from impossible - the rewards innumerable.
What to know how to score a 50 or even better yet a 100?
Looking to design the "Best" WorkPlace - Road, Home, Corporate or Other?
Contact...
If you read the Los Gatos Starbucks review and my recent WorkLog entry entitled "A Room
with a View" you will start to understand my personal preferences for what makes up My
Best RoadWork Place. Subjectiveness aside, there are many attributes that most people
need and want in a good workplace.
I have narrowed what started as a long list down to ten categories and applied them
specifically to publicly accessible environments. Each location may have additional attributes
that make them good, or bad, places outside their originally intended purpose. For instance,
a coffee house with the best coffee does not necessarily rate it as a best "WorkPlace"
destination.
Selecting ten general characteristics was a bit of a struggle. I really have twenty general
categories with a scoring system totaling one hundred. This level of detail is really only
important to someone who wants to create a good remote work environment. I tried to cut
the ratings down to only five. But I couldn't bring myself to get rid of items like cleanliness
and good service, both which contribute, albeit subliminally, to the overall impression of a
place.
Admittedly, when choosing a place to go for the day, I only have one major requirement -
are there electrical outlets. Hopefully, in the future when small fuel cells or some such power
source is invented, this will no longer be a problem. Next comes free WiFi, plenty of daylight,
good tea (iced or hot depending on the time of the year), great music and a sense of
community, mostly but not always in that order. Lastly, comes parking access, decor,
furniture, office services, etc. Things I have grudgingly come to accept as typically a bad
given, making the inclusion of these items a lobbying effort for better versions in workplaces
of the future.
Let it not go unnoticed that those things that are last or least important on the list are those
that are provided by most companies. Conversely, except for electricity, the most important
factors that contribute to a good work environment are rarely supplied in a corporate
environment. So far I have not found any workplace that rated a 50 or five +'s. The criteria is
steep but far from impossible - the rewards innumerable.
What to know how to score a 50 or even better yet a 100?
Looking to design the "Best" WorkPlace - Road, Home, Corporate or Other?
Contact...
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Best RoadWorkPlaces
Top Ten Categories:
Top Ten Categories:
- Electrical Power
- Free WiFi
- Drinks and Food
- Music / Ambiance
- Community
- Parking
- Furniture
- Cleanliness
- Staff Service
- Office Services
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