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

Allwork

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. He proposed a compelling vision of “officing” as an activity rather than a place, emphasizing the importance of looking beyond just physical square footage.

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Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You?

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You? Heres the story I did for Gannett: Could a union be coming soon to a cubicle near you? in San Francisco.

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Workplace design and the corrective force of rediscovery

Workplace Insight

The proposed solutions from Bürolandschaft through to the work of Tom Allen, Dieter Rams and the organic forms expressed by the team from Zaha Hadid have relied on the creation of organic, if not exactly chaotic layouts. The dark side of this is that not all organizations are intelligent and progressive.

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4 ways to "manage up"

On The Job

If you work for a software company, for example, it doesn’t make much sense to propose buying a chicken farm. Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You? Baldoni says you should: 1. Come up with an innovative idea that supports the company’s overall mission strategy. Think of the end game. What’s going to happen?” Baldoni says.

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25 Self-Help Books You (Probably) Haven’t Read

Success

The Now Habit proposes we schedule fun and play— self-care , time with friends, even Netflix binges—before work. They say no to cubicle lunches, four-minute book summaries, “multitasking” (whatever the heck that means) and monochrome, microwave dinners. Work gets whatever space is left in our calendars. But they are not always slow.

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

Eddie, President Obama is proposed putting money into generating jobs for small businesses. Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You? Let's just hope everyone gets the message that this isn't the same old, same old job market. It requires new strategies and new thinking. Thanks very much for your comments.

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The Ultimate Guide to Motivating Yourself

Brilliantly Better

This sounds to me more like ‘sugar-cubicles’ motivation, rather than a mature man discipline. If I understand your article correctly, you’re saying that we should put a TV inside our brain? With vivid colored and loud movies? Cristian Pascu´s last blog.

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