Agile working is not really about time at all. In this brave new world of agile working, however, established companies with traditional hierarchies are generally seen as lagging behind. “Small companies often find it difficult to attract and retain top talent, which is why it is important for them to be able to offer agile working as an option,” she says. “Agile working empowers people to work with maximum flexibility and minimum constraints and it is certainly one of the things future-proofed SMEs need to be thinking about. Agile working is also known as ABW or “activity-based working”, and it’s not something an organisation can decide to do overnight.

Source: The Irish Times November 08, 2019 05:30 UTC