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Peace and quiet at work? Here are ten of the best and most far out solutions

Workplace Insight

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. One of the most prominent of these was the Alcove system designed for Vitra by Ronan and Erwin Bouroullec in 2006.

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Plugged in and Tuned Out: Listening to Music While you Work

Laughing all the Way to Work

Working Better With Music According to a 2006 Spherion® Workplace Snapshot survey conducted by Harris Interactive®, "almost one-third (32 percent) of workers listen to music while working using an iPod, MP3 player or similar personal music device. His son now suffers from hearing loss.

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Who Needs an Office? 10 Entrepreneurs Weigh In on the Future of Virtual Work

Success

But around 2006, when he was starting his short-video production company, Sizzle It!, Virtual tools and resources can help you hire, manage projects, collaborate with far-flung team members and even make it look like you really do have an office. Scott Gerber is just as comfortable working at home , in coffee shops or in shared workspaces.

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: How Badly Do You Need Time Off?

On The Job

With many workers assuming the jobs of those who have been laid off in the last year because of the recession, finding time for themselves has been tough as they’ve worked longer hours, often staying connected via technology even when they leave their cubicle. Once you get to burnout, it’s very difficult to recover,” she says.

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Tim Rowe – Founder and CEO of CIC | Flexible Workspaces: Competing Globally

Allwork

It actually started showing up around, I think, 2006, 2007, somewhere like that. At the Time, Americans had offices, private offices, and the notion that you would sort of work at a desk without a cubicle wall or something right next to someone else was strange to people, and it really pushed them. That was anathema.

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Social Impact of Working From Home | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Dino Said on December 22nd, 2008 at 3:42 am I agree , I too work at home and I love it , no rigid dress code , no claustrophobic cubicle and no stress generating travel from home to work office. There is psychological point which affects the quality of our work and life in general. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Full-time Freelance Writing Jobs | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

The awesomeness of working for yourself, avoiding office politics and all the other nonsense of the cubicle farms, is priceless and outweighs all the other factors… Marian Schembari´s last blog. 5 Things College Teaches You About Work (and 5 things it doesn’t) Reply Omar January 15, 2010 at 11:09 am A lot to consider. "I

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