Sunday, April 10, 2011
Is the future CVW for everyone?
Steve Pruitt and Tom Barrett wrote about the new reality of the Corporate Virtual Worspace (CVW). They used an example of Austin, a middle-aged computer programmer who no longer commutes to work like the majority of the rest of us. Instead, Austin commutes to work via the Internet and works from his home study. Both authors agree that mass adoption of the CVW is still a significant amount of time away, but that it is definitely coming. To some degree this CVW exists just as any physical workplace does today but in others it is completely different. For example, Austin has the ability to get out of bed and go to work after a quick change into his "computer clothes." This luxury is definitely going to cost society as we know it. Freedom without rules is going to equal a chaotic society, one where people do as they please simply because they can. Should there be regulation just to have regulation? No, but at the same time there has to be order. Furthermore, this idea that some humans dislike their present reality so they hide in a "virtual world" is crazy. Most people have the ability to change their situation, whether they choose to or not is a different story. With that said hiding in a virtual world is no answer to the problems of today, rather it is a withdrawal. Basic pyschology classes feature numerous studies that claim that humans need to be around other humans. This is not physically possible in the CVW. How many more problems are going to be raised by this? While I think this CVW idea is cool I sincerely doubt the practicality and basis behind it. Cutting and running into the make believe is ridiculous! There are some good reasons behind the CVW and yet I remain suspicious. http://www.corsum.com/Building-Business-Value-blog/bid/32226/190-Billion-Reasons-to-Explore-a-Virtual-Workplace
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