Office talk: Have your say
We want your views on what makes the perfect global office.
Who are your role models, how do you navigate through the maze of technology and how can you achieve a glowing annual staff review?
Have your say about Global Office. CNN's Richard Quest and Liz George will read the best e-mails on air.
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Bernard Kouchner is a comedian living with an influential journalist, he was never elected, popular he is not; an adventurer yes, but not a model for entrepreneurs. Jean Thibaut, St Genies des Mourgues, France
When work takes over your time and focus away from your health and family, you need to balance your time and your technology. In business you must prioritize, so must you in life. Scott Pittman, Burlington. Ontario, Canada
At the top level we must have visionaries with individual ideas and unique ones. We need them to set the direction. At the operational level, action and effectiveness is more related to teamwork. The focus must be to look where the available effort fits. Luis Aleman, San Juan, Puerto Rico
A company can put you on a 24/7 clock, as long as they are willing to pay for the extra hours worked. I strongly disagree with a free lunch i.e. work but no pay, not even if it is my own company. There is price for everything, and if my company expects me to be in touch after hours, then there should be compensation along with that demand. Saba Momin, Toronto, Canada
We take a long time to learn the use of updated working methods and to balance a lifestyle around them. For instance, what use is flexi-time if one cannot turn off one's mobile? Harold Dresner, Karmiel, Israel
Yes, bosses should pay the utmost attention to the health of their workforce. This will lead to success in the long run. Many companies are focused on success on the short run, also success therefore stops after a short moment. H. Pols, Boskoop, the Netherlands
Boeing and Bombardier should take a lesson from Embraer and start believing that they can improve, rather than they are the best. Kiron Kumar, Brampton, Canada
I am not enthusiastic about the wireless office because of all the problems I have within a hard-wired office environment. If the technology gurus cannot keep me connected when I am hard wired, what confidence should I have with a vapor-net? Greg Csullog, Vienna, Austria
You asked if wireless offices will work: The answer is it depends! It depends on the software and whether business processes will support it. It depends if companies accept the absence of workers from the office. In Germany -- a very conservative work environment -- I cannot see that this will be widely accepted soon. The work processes would need to be adapted, so that people are not physically present. If there are companies and people that understand the power of better integration of work process and how to support the available tools in that process there might be a big swing. For sure wireless technology has enough benefits on the pure technical level to sustain its place in the computer and working world. Alexander Kemp, Germany
