Edited February 2020. In Cal Newport’s 2016 bestseller, Deep Work, he writes: “We…find ourselves in distracting open offices where inboxes cannot be neglected and meetings are incessant–a setting where colleagues would…
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We need to quit the Millennial-bashing, the hating, and the generational-dissing. The kids are more than alright; they are a vital part of the workforce. More than one in three (35%)…
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After the news about Apple’s employees threatening to quit their jobs instead of work in their new Apple Park campus, it’s safe to conclude we have reached peak open-office design. But one modern…