When the pandemic broke out, we suddenly discovered smart working: we were in lockdown and without work from home it would have been much harder. It would all really stop. Then we quickly dismissed it: a minister even said it was time to really go back to work, betraying a twentieth-century conception of work.
We free the work (certain jobs) from the timetable
by Riccardo Luna
What if now smartworking were one of the possible solutions to be adopted to deal with the energy crisis aggravated by the war? The International Energy Agency has just released a ten-step plan to change lifestyles and save 2.7 million barrels of oil per day: the plan includes incentives for public transport, car sharing and night trains, but there is also smart working. Work from home up to three days a week where possible it saves about 500 thousand barrels of oil per day.
The four day work week
by Riccardo Luna
In short, it is worth really thinking about it: working from home three days a week, the traffic in the cities is enormously reduced, with the relative pollution of the air; fuel consumption is reduced; and part of the cost of the electricity bill is passed on to the worker and an argument must be made on this. But there would be an improvement in the quality of life. Without the work being affected: all the surveys carried out so far show that a worker who is more independent and tied to results and not to the physical presence in the office for a certain number of hours, is more productive. What are we waiting for?
What does Minister Brunetta really think about smart working?
by Riccardo Luna
The ongoing war is terrible, and the energy crisis we have before us scares everyone: but we can suffer it by going back to the past, replacing Russian gas with American gas, or take the opportunity to change everything, finally leave the 1900s behind us and enter in a new era. More sustainable, more respectful, even happier.