I recently read a brilliant article from the economist. It’s called “Nomads at Last,” and talks about how omnipresent internet connectivity will change your job like cars changed them in the 50s. Of particular interest to us here at Flatsourcing is what this means for labor.

The blackberry and the iPhone have essentially freed the sales force from rigid schedules and desk jobs. Workers become nomads, setting up meetings easily, selling when their is demand and planning when there is not. Chaining people to desks prevents the freedom of work-style and breeds a lack of motivation. We must motivate ourselves to do something great, as motivation is the only path to success. Easier said, if you’re hungry, you’ll find food.

Labor is now based on results and deliverables because management is mobile. After all, we’d all appreciate a more talented individual finishing the same job in less time.

At flatsourcing we provide web development services that free our clients from desks so that they can make more sales and more money. We implement this idea in our own staff as well. We work based on deliverables and satisfaction.

When you were in college, your professor said, “turn in a paper by Friday,” but didn’t care how or where you did it. Tomorrows workforce will be much the same: fidelity to the job not the desk.