Going Virtual – Part 1 & 2
In Silicon Valley, innovation is gauged by its capacity to "disrupt". What if you could knock down every office building in Silicon Valley and plant trees in their place? Now, what if you could knock down every office building while simultaneously doubling worker productivity, saving $ billions in expenses, and half a billion tons of carbon emissions? How's that for disruption?
Going Virtual makes a compelling case that offices are obsolete in the 21st century. The exhaustive research and case studies presented in the book dispel conventional wisdom that offices amplify resources. The findings in Going Virtual demonstrate that offices consume vast resources in terms of productivity and cash, as well as exacting a substantial toll on the environment. For example, each year, America’s 56 million knowledge workers collectively burn more than 10 million person years and 740 million barrels of oil in commute. Once these workers arrive at the office, their remaining quality work time is shredded to bits by endless interruptions.
Going Virtual demonstrates how businesses can survive and prosper in the “New Normal” economy of the 21st century. Part 2 offers practical advice on how to transition from a bricks and mortar office to a virtual one.
Author Bio:
Serial entrepreneur and author Todd Miller is CEO and Founder of gwabbit.com, maker of the award-winning series of gwabbit contact capture and cloud products. Declared a "Head-slappingly simple solution to a grating problem" by BusinessWeek, gwabbit has received numerous awards and accolades. Prior to gwabbit, Miller was CEO and founder of WebFeat, (sold to ProQuest in 2008). WebFeat is one of the world’s first successful global 100% virtual companies, and Miller is considered a pioneer in the field. Prior to WebFeat, Miller was President of Knight Ridder Information’s SourceOne subsidiary. Early in his career, Miller was responsible for the launch and rapid growth of the hugely successful InfoTrac search system at Ziff-Davis’ IAC subsidiary (acquired by Thomson-Reuters). Miller is a contributor to The Huffington Post and The San Francisco Chronicle. Interviews include Virgin Group Founder Sir Richard Branson, EU advisor and economist Jeremy Rifkin, Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley, Emmy and Peabody award-winning astrophysicist Brian Greene, and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Miller holds four patents in the field of search technology. He has received awards from the Gartner Group, Reed Publishing, CES, The DEMO Conference, and others. Miller has been a featured speaker on IBM's eBusiness Tour and was featured in IBM's "Success Stories" campaign.
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Now for the interview...
I'm super excited to welcome Tom Miller!
Q: Tell me a little
bit about yourself. What do you do for fun?
I am a serial
entrepreneur, which means that I think up ideas for new inventions and then
create companies to realize those ideas. I also write – in addition to my first
books on the virtual office, I am a contributing blogger to The Huffington Post and other
publications.
I rescue animals, and am
passionate about animal rights and the environment. In my not-so-abundant spare
time, I am a competitive horseback rider and occasional ballroom dancer.
Q: What do you like
most about the genre you write in?
Oddly, I don’t like
business books. I read them early in my career, though I rarely do so now. The
reason I wrote the book was to offer something that had the potential to change
the world as much as it has the potential to change business best practices.
Q: Where is your
favorite place to write?
Starbucks
Q: What’s your next
project?
I’m working on my first
sci-fi fiction book – very excited!
Q: How do you feel
about Dr. Pepper?
I was born and raised in
Texas, so Dr. Pepper is very near and dear to my heart. It was probably at the
base of my food pyramid as a youngster growing up in Texas.
Aww... Thank you so much for being here today, Tom!
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