Moments of working from home alone have the advantage of privacy. You decide who to let into your work life and are protected by a virtual button of acceptance. You’re either available, or completely unavailable. As time goes on however, questions arise around the topic of, is this work, or am I just hanging out… Continue reading The purpose built home for living and work
Let’s take a look at three themes that are changing what normal is and how new experiences collide with our home life altering our expectations. There is no one single workplace in the home. Most of the people we interviewed are drawn to a desire for natural light in their workplace. A workplace might be… Continue reading The Pull and Push of Working from Home
Working from home isn’t an option for all types of work, but when it is, a new mass-market can be expected to declare an interest in it. What was once a way to ‘put up, and ‘make do’ has become a ‘great workaround’ that will be studied for decades to come. The changes we are… Continue reading To the office, the home, and back again
When we started out with DayShift we expected to hear about tales of anxiety and difficulty. The more that we spoke with people, something more radiant was taking place. Yes, working from home still felt different and strange, but people were doing better than we anticipated. And in some cases better than they expected themselves.… Continue reading Discovering the great workaround
Our work modes at home will fluctuate during the day as we perform multiple roles. At home we are the office manager, human resources support, chef, cleaner, interior designer, operations manager, well-being consultant and more all at once. What elements should we focus on for self-guidance and where can we find help to navigate this?… Continue reading Performing multiple work modes
