Workplace
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Workplace evolution A technological revolution covered everything in machines and paper. And then it (almost) all went away again. [June 2024] Sustainability and longevity Do you love your desk enough to keep it for a very long time? [June 2024] Workplace 5 Animals and targets [May 2024] Workplace 4 A metaphorical landscape [March 2024] Keeping the suspended ceiling Why rip out good ceilings to get the startup look? [January 2024] Workplace 3 Workplaces after the desk [February 2022] Open house No more 'back of house' and 'front of house' [February 2022] The new desk (or no desk) If you don't need a desk to put your paperwork on, why have a desk? [February 2022] The new desk Maybe isn't a desk [February 2022] What we learned From working from home during the pandemic [September 2021] A desk is whatever It doesn't have to be a grey rectangle [November 2019] Team garages Agile teams need centres, not boundaries [August 2019] Career ladder vs career field How do we balance craft and management? [July 2017] Forest or fish? Climb the tree or swim to the front? [November 2016] Best work Where do I do my best work? [September 2016] Parts bin or playdough? Are the parts specialised or mouldable? [July 2016] Singular vs plural Are you a building or a neighborhood? [February 2016] Workplace 2 Your office still probably isn't like this yet [March 2015] Valley Lie around and think [November 2014] Workplace 1 Your office probably isn't like this yet [November 2014] Cave Who is on top? Who is inside? [September 2014] Forest A place to get lost [September 2014] Empty space For fleeting occupation [April 2014] Work lounge A non-desk work setting [February 2014] Big strange object A provocative object for improvised uses [February 2014] Idea farm (sunflower) A non-desk work setting [June 2005] IR Gallery Some ideas for IR Gallery, Dallas TX [June 2005]