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From Cubicles To Community Hubs: Reimagining Work As An Activity, Not A Place

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As we hover on the precipice of a seismic shift in our understanding and utilization of office spaces, it’s time to color outside the lines of the conventional cubicle. Traditionally, offices were seen as the hub of operations: the place where employees converge and work collaboratively.

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Why Company Retreats are Worth Every Penny

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Company retreats serve as a fertile ground for creativity and innovation, allowing ideas to flourish outside the confines of cubicles and conference rooms. Company retreats serve as a fertile ground for creativity and innovation, allowing ideas to flourish outside the confines of cubicles and conference rooms.

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The Science of Office Design: Erin McDannald’s Strategies for a Healthier, Happier Workforce

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Gone are the days when work environments were a sea of gray cubicles; today’s innovative leaders recognize that the physical office can be a powerful tool to enhance health, focus, and overall job satisfaction. Workplace stress contributes heavily to burnout and resignations.

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Google’s Myth Of Losing Social Capital In Hybrid Work

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However, you do lose social capital if you try to shoehorn traditional, office-centric methods of collaboration into hybrid and remote work. This experience replicates the benefit of a shared cubicle space, where you work alongside your team members, but on your own task. One of these biases is called functional fixedness.

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Flexibility In Design: Turning A Workplace Into An Outdoor Oasis

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In the workplace, the pandemic changed everything: workers traded in cubicles and water cooler chats for their couches and furry friends. Workers traded in their cubicles and water cooler chats for their couches and furry friends. This article was written by Brian Parker and was originally published on Work Design Magazine.

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Offices Of The Future Will Be Uniquely Tailored To Each Company

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While remote work has benefits, there are still advantages to physical office spaces, particularly for community building and collaborative events. Then, employees come into their office 2-3 days weekly for collaborative sessions and team meetings. So are heavily closed-off cubicle farms. Individual focused work happens at home.

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Pros & Cons of Your Collaborative Work Space

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Last week, I was researching the pros and cons of today’s collaborative (open-space) work environment. Fosters collaboration. Unhealthy, needlessly stress-inducing, hostile to productivity. Get together with your cubicle buddies and set some ground rules. I realize that brainstorming and collaborating is necessary.