What is Idle Watch?

In my professional experience I have had a multitude of roles that have started as administrative positions but eventually bent towards actual office management. I found that I really enjoyed this line of work. So I decided to specialize in this field. After a few years of study at Baruch College for Operations Management (along with a minor in Communications), I have been working as a member of the Talent Operations (Resource Management, Staffing, Referee, etc) team at Digitas for approximately two years now.

The day to day issues of JIT (just in time) Resource Management, efficiency targets versus effectiveness rates, and balancing the career development advocate hat against the company needs advocate are all thing I find interesting and challenging about the role. I was just recently promoted to a manager position in Digitas and am quite excited about the new opportunity to share my ideas on staffing and operations this role provides.

I decided to write this blog for a few reasons. First and foremost, I think it's important to have an outlet to express ones ideas and solicit comments and feedback. So I thought, what better venue that a blog. Second, my hope is that by sharing my ideas with you, you will post or comment on your own ideas or observations on industry related issues, and together we can change how things are to how they could be.

What really makes this role exciting and a bit terrifying is there isn't an instruction manual for it. Sure we all get our report updates, our status calls, our financial summaries or trackers. This is what I call Idle Watching. But really, at the end of the day, what we do with that information (and sometimes lack of information) is what makes each of us and our role so unique.

We are agents of change and the best way to improve, is to keep pushing the envelope with the same passion and excitement that got us to where we are in the first place. I hope you'll join me for the ride.