Green & Lean

KDNA solves the 3 critical problems of growing a Green & Lean Organization:

1. Providing distributed communication tools for the 25% of the workforce who are telecommuters
2. By reducing 1 commute per week, eliminating 1,500 pounds of CO2 per person per year
3. Save $2,000 in office space costs per staff, and increase productivity by 20%

Virtual Office

Reducing our Carbon Footprint and freeing ourselves from avoidable commutes, travel and meetings – these are essential goals for a green and lean organization.

The days of hiring a new staff person, asking them to move to new city, uprooting their spouse and job, removing kids out of school and friendships, selling their house, moving, buying a new house, reestablishing their spouse and kids in a new location, then commuting to work perhaps an hour each day in order to sit in a cubicle next to others in the same organization – this is rapidly becoming a scenario of the past.

Today, it is often more practical and effective to hire the best people you can find from a wider geographical base and let them stay where they are. They may or may not report to an actual office several days a week, and they will also remain mobile and able to work out of a home office.

Your talent pool expands dramatically; people can work more flexible hours; productive goes up and costs go down.



According to Gartner Dataquest, almost 40 million people in the U.S. are telecommuters working from home for eight or more hours per week. That’s a 600 percent increase from the six million telecommuters in 2000.

These people and their organizations will require new and better ways of achieving Transparent Team Collaboration™. Let’s look at how you can help save the planet and increase your own company’s productivity at the same time.

Commuting Cost

Through the use of KDNA™ staff can easily work at a separate location, such as a home office or client location, without the need to commute to a central office on a daily basis.

KDNA™ provides the technology to allow staff to eliminate an office commute at least one day per week. By eliminating one office commute per staff per week, the benefits to your organization’s Carbon Footprint and productivity are as follows:

Carbon Footprint:

By eliminating ONE office commute per week – based on an average commute distance of 30 miles roundtrip and 1 pound of CO2 produced for every mile driven - each person can prevent the release of more than 1,500 pounds of CO2 in a year..

How many trees does it take to store 1,500 pounds of CO2 per year? A single mature tree can absorb carbon dioxide at a rate of almost 50 pounds per year. Therefore, the reduction of one office commute per week per person equals the work of 30 full grown trees. If you have hundred people eliminating one office trip per week, your company has contributed the equivalent work of 3,000 trees capturing CO2 to reduce the effects of climate change on the planet.



Productivity:

By eliminating ONE office commute per week – based on an average commute distance of 30 miles roundtrip - each person can gain an additional 50 hours of productivity in a year

How much is 50 hours of additional productivity worth? If your average employee costs are $40 per hour (salary, benefits, office expense, overhead) this equals $2000 per year per person. If you have one hundred people in your company you have now added potential productivity of $200,000 per year and increased the effectiveness and potential success of your organization.

Company Office

Recruitment & Retention
Telecommuting is becoming a make-or-break issue in employee career decisions. A recent study shows that 33% of employees would choose telecommuting over a salary raise, 43% would quit for another job that allows it. Telecommuting is also a morale builder. Not offering it can damage morale, especially when your competitors offer it to their own staff.

Real Estate & Office Costs
Your organization can save 1 office space for every 3 telecommuters. That equals savings of approximately $2,000 per telecommuter per year, or $200,000 per 100 employees.

• AT&T saved $3,000 per office for approximately $550 million by eliminating or consolidating office space no longer needed.
• 25% of IBM's 320,000 workers worldwide telecommute from home offices, saving $700 million in real estate costs.

Relocation costs
Instead of moving people – move their work. Telecommuting is a much cheaper option than relocating staff and/or replacing those that quit rather than moving to a new location.

Productivity
Numerous studies show that telecommuting 1 to 3 days per week increases overall employee productivity by 10 to 20 percent. Thus, 5 to 10 telecommuters can provide the equivalent of one "free" extra worker.

• American Express telecommuters handle 26% more calls and produce 43% more business than their office-based counterparts.
• Compaq Computer Corporation documented productivity increases ranging from 15 to 45%.

Stress & Work/Life Balance
Work / home life conflict is a top work issue. Telecommuting offers fewer interruptions and gives employees the flexibility to catch up on their work. It also reduces their stress, burnout risk, going-to-work costs and commuting time.

Absenteeism & Emergency Preparedness
When telecommuters become ill, they can often perform at least some of their normal work. Studies show that telecommuting also can cut absenteeism by 20%. An additional benefit is that distributed employees provide a buffer and insurance against business disruption resulting from floods, power outages, epidemics, bad weather and other emergencies.