The Truth About The Office and Remote Work
Sometimes I think we get sucked into a narrative that offices are bad and remote work is the answer. That’s an oversimplification and it’s not really correct. Here are a few ideas that I think are actually true: In most cases, the office of 2019 no longer...
Officewashing Anyone?
Officewashing isn’t really a term yet, but I hope it becomes one. I first heard the term the other day in a comment from Ana Lucas so if you are planning to trademark it, time may be short 😊 If you are wondering about the boring office picture...
Three Strikes Plus One
There are currently three strikes going on in the United States. We have the auto strike against the big three automakers. We have the writers’ strike. And we also have the actor’s strike. And then we have the whole return to office backlash. Now while the latter is...
The Office Ecosystem
The Office ecosystem as we know it is effectively broken. mandates are no mandates. People returning to the office won’t work because the ecosystem surrounding the office, in most cases no longer exists. People don’t think of offices as being part of an...
Dictating Social Norms
The remote work debate is happening at the same time as a lot of other debates around social norms. Some of these include what books can be in classrooms and libraries, rights to medication for abortions, rights for LBGTQ individuals, affirmative action, right to have...
