Sunday Morning Coming Down
post: richard grunburg
Watching TV this Sunday morning is a good illustration of the RELEVANCE of Telework in these 'exciting' times. I believe this little snapshot of an hour of TV says more about the benefits of having a corporate Managed Telecommute Program than I could.
The news began with coverage of the Southern California wildfires. The fires have merged here in Orange County and Riverside counties.
Over 10,000 acres and 5% contained as of 7:30 a.m on Sunday. Luckily we are safe. Over 3000 people were evacuated. My wife was working this particular morning to cover for a friend who had to get her stuff and leave her house behind. My other friend has a school he just opened out that way. 500 Mobile homes were burned to the ground in the Sylmar fire….This is really nuts......
Then Meet the Press with Brokaw. The topics being reviewed:
The Great American Auto Industry; to bail out or not to bail out......
&
Energy Independence (and the environment) ; an interview with T Boone Pickens:
I've included some quotes below from the interview and discussion between Tom Brokaw and T Boone Pickens.
“this is an issue of national security as much as it is competitiveness” T Boone to Brokaw
“we can’t be at 2018, importing 75% of our oil and the price will be 200 to 300 a barrell, that is not gonna work.” T Boone to Brokaw
“if you think oil is going to stay down at 50 -60 a barrell, I’ll make you a 10 dollar bet it is going to be back at a hundred a year from now”. T Boone to Brokaw.
So, if I got this right, Fires, Energy Independence & Corporate Competitiveness
Or
Continuity, Reducing Demand for Oil, Talent/innovation and Op Ex Reduction.
Am I the only one that sees the very direct ties between our challenges and the opportunity Managed Telecommuting offers?
As always... thanks for reading.
-RG.
http://www.last.fm/music/Johnny+Cash/_/Sunday+Morning+Coming+Down
Watching TV this Sunday morning is a good illustration of the RELEVANCE of Telework in these 'exciting' times. I believe this little snapshot of an hour of TV says more about the benefits of having a corporate Managed Telecommute Program than I could.
The news began with coverage of the Southern California wildfires. The fires have merged here in Orange County and Riverside counties.
Over 10,000 acres and 5% contained as of 7:30 a.m on Sunday. Luckily we are safe. Over 3000 people were evacuated. My wife was working this particular morning to cover for a friend who had to get her stuff and leave her house behind. My other friend has a school he just opened out that way. 500 Mobile homes were burned to the ground in the Sylmar fire….This is really nuts......
Then Meet the Press with Brokaw. The topics being reviewed:
The Great American Auto Industry; to bail out or not to bail out......
&
Energy Independence (and the environment) ; an interview with T Boone Pickens:
I've included some quotes below from the interview and discussion between Tom Brokaw and T Boone Pickens.
“this is an issue of national security as much as it is competitiveness” T Boone to Brokaw
“we can’t be at 2018, importing 75% of our oil and the price will be 200 to 300 a barrell, that is not gonna work.” T Boone to Brokaw
“if you think oil is going to stay down at 50 -60 a barrell, I’ll make you a 10 dollar bet it is going to be back at a hundred a year from now”. T Boone to Brokaw.
So, if I got this right, Fires, Energy Independence & Corporate Competitiveness
Or
Continuity, Reducing Demand for Oil, Talent/innovation and Op Ex Reduction.
Am I the only one that sees the very direct ties between our challenges and the opportunity Managed Telecommuting offers?
As always... thanks for reading.
-RG.
http://www.last.fm/music/Johnny+Cash/_/Sunday+Morning+Coming+Down
2 Comments:
Thanks for the blog. I agree that one of the good ways to reduce dependence on oil and reduce our carbon footprint is to telecommute.
your post seems pretty spot on and even more so as the economic situation has worsened . With more companies being forced to take a close look at how to best maximize every dollar they spend, my thought is if objectives are being met it would seem a no brainer? I wish our governments would sponsor telecommuting more. Both with tax credits and pushing their own employees into a program. Aren't they the biggest employers out there? Don't they ultimately have to spend all the money on roads/infrastructure. Don't they have the largest budget problems (save for banks and car manufacturers)?Don't they want to employ carbon emissions regulation? I liked the blog. think you should do more than 1 every three months.
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