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How the 21st Century office was born in post war Europe

Workplace Insight

Although he came to be known as the father of all those cubicle farms that dominated US office life in the late 20th Century, and still do to a lesser extent, he was driven by some of the same principles as the Schelle brothers. In the US, the idea was picked up and popularised as caves-and-commons.

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Hacking Corporate: How to Create the Work Environment You Want

Productivityist

Which environment creates more value: one where employees have autonomy to pursue a challenging, purpose-driven career, or one where he or she is constrained to a cubicle, micro-managed, and challenged with unnecessary meetings? Learn which activities or projects are perceived as unnecessary overhead to the higher-ups. Lead By Example.

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The Habit Of Getting Things Done

Productivity Bits

You might opt to retire from your current job, but guess what, work does not end with your retirement. I suggest that you go grab the book of David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity , if you want to learn the GTD Concept in its fullness. What does this tell us? You’re right.

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Is Stress Making You Want to Kiss Your Job Goodbye?

On The Job

For me, one of the great things about Twitter is that is allows me to learn more about what people experience at work every day. I feel like I can jump from cubicle to cubicle across the world, being a fly, er, spider on the wall. They can’t even look forward to retirement, because they’re going to have to work longer now.

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The Solopreneur Handicap That Makes You Suck at Productivity

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

We’ve been so busy telling people to Escape Cubicle Nation , retire to 4 Hour Work Weeks and become Non-Conformists … that we’ve overlooked a few advantages of old-school big business entrepreneurs. What did you learn ? Despite the obvious sarcasm, solopreneur life isn’t bad for those willing to make it work.

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8 tips to help you find your way in this tough job market

On The Job

million people who are 65 and older are going to go ahead and retire. But, I learned from the experience that it was just a waste of my energies that could have been better focused elsewhere. Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You? And as soon as the stock market rebounds, a lot of those 6.6 Thanks Anita for the post.

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

Roberta, Hopefully, everyone -- no matter the age -- will learn important lessons such as being more resourceful, networking and being resilient. We can learn so much from history, but as soon as things start to do well again, we seem to forget everything we learned. At least they will be that way for a couple of years!

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