Workplace Insight

MAY 7, 2024

The Cubicle The post war business environment and the advent of mechanised office work in the 1950s and 60s proved to be the perfect breeding ground for open plan offices to flourish. Unsurprisingly, people first began to realise the consequences of a vast floor full of other humans with their chatter, phones and typewriters.

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Allwork

MARCH 3, 2024

The open space concept with the library tables brings me back to law school. The fundamental thing in law school is that you’re sitting at a long table with colleagues talking through challenges, not sitting alone in a cubicle or an office. I can see someone is on the phone, but still pass by and wave.”

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Eat Your Career

JULY 7, 2022

The full video (“Managing Interruptions & Dealing with Distractions”) is available in the Career Success Library. It’s like someone coming into your workspace and knocking on your cubicle wall and saying, “Got a minute?” Or a phone call; that person who’s trying to reach you.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2008

If youre looking for more ways to be productive, take a look at my large library of articles on productivity. A survey conducted in Britain states that solving your problems and being most productive happens before noon. 10:04 am is actually the time that you are most productive. 4:33 pm is the least productive time of your entire work day.

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On The Job

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Then, I did what I always did: I picked up the phone and started asking experts on how job seekers could succeed in this tough market. That information can easily be found on the Internet or by visiting a local library, he says. Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You? It was exactly how I was feeling at the moment.

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