ROWE in the press

Work Like It's Saturday

What's important to note is that although you have certain things you intend to accomplish, you are not measuring yourself by the clock. Some tasks may take longer than you'd like, but you certainly don't wonder if you've put in enough hours on the laundry.

American Executive
July 1, 2008

Viva La Workplace Revolution

It could start with one team, which could consist of 20 people in an organization. It's something that usually bubbles up from the bottom ranks of the organization, because individual contributors are unhappy with the way that work is happening today. They want to live the lives they want, and usually managers are also feeling that there's something not right--because they're not getting the amount of engagement they need from their people and the work.

Forbes
June 23, 2008

Results should matter, not just working late

Ressler and Thompson — founders of CultureRx, a consultancy that promotes better ways to work — have a long list of reasons for disliking the standard work culture. Atop the list is the commonly held myth that "Time + physical presence + hard work = results."

USA Today
June 16, 2008

Work When You Want, Where You Want?

Don't wait for the senior management of your company to take action and don't wait for formal policies to be implemented. Take matters into your own hands by polling just a small group of co-workers to see what they want and how you can work together to make it happen. It has to start somewhere, and that change can begin with you.

Good Morning America Online
June 3, 2008

Work Sucks! How One Company Aims To Fix It

You can just do it right now, just go do it, do whatever you gotta do. I don't think I could go back to working 9 to 5.

WCCO Online
June 2, 2008

Stop the Clock!

No more being treated like a disobedient child by your boss. No more sitting through pointless meetings just to put in "face time," and watching people whose chief talent is looking busy rise through the ranks. No more working at your office if you'd rather be working from home - or, for that matter, from a box seat at Yankee Stadium.

New York Post
June 2, 2008

Power to the people

It's not flextime but rather unfettered freedom to deal with personal and professional matters in a way each individual sees fit.

Star Tribune
May 30, 2008

Work hours: calling time on nine to five

In this environment, everyone is the CEO of their time, but they have to be responsible for their schedule.

Telegraph.co.uk
May 29, 2008

Business Books: A freelance lifestyle in a corporate workplace

Employees can do their jobs at home or in Starbucks, first thing in the morning or in the middle of the night. One of the hallmarks of a ROWE is that a person who goes home at 2 p.m. is not leaving early, while someone who arrives at that time is not late.

Reuters.com
May 29, 2008

Clocking Out, Is Working When and Where You Want the Wave of the Future?

In a time when many white-collar Americans complain of being chained to desks for 50 to 70 hours a week and of having too little time for families and hobbies, CultureRx offers a remedy for the prevailing zeitgeist.

HR Magazine | download article
June 2007

Off the Clock, Flexibility is the Workstyle of the Future

Best Buy is leading the way in what may become a widespread workstyle.

Entrepreneur Magazine
May 2007

Best Buy Rethinks the Time Clock

Best Buy isn't satisfied with overhauling its own work environment: It wants to use what it has learned to install the ROWE program in yours too. ...CultureRx ...is currently in talks with other Fortune 100 firms.

Business 2.0
March 1, 2007

Smashing the Clock

For years I had been focused on the wrong currency. I was always looking to see if people were here. I should have been looking at what they were getting done.

BusinessWeek Magazine
December 11, 2006

When Work Time Isn't Face Time

Just because I walk in this door doesn't mean I'm doing anything but maybe looking at a monitor, checking the Internet… talking abut the last weekend. That's not productivity; it just means you're physically in [the office].

New York Times
November 8, 2006

Flexibility to the Fullest

Most companies basically play with their traditional schedule and try to make it a little looser…but you're still basically keeping to a schedule. ROWE, in contrast, completely alters the way people work. You're in control of everything…the only thing you get judged on is whether you get results. It's flexibility - and accountability - to the fullest.

Workforce Management Magazine
September 25, 2006

Reworking Work

The freedom, employees say, is changing their lives. They don't know if they work fewer hours – they've stopped counting – but they are more productive. That's welcome news for a company that hopes its employees will give it a competitive edge.

TIME Magazine
July 18, 2005