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Developing work and living environments that people like

Reading this blog posting by Lars Kolind - including the article linked to in the posting - and this article , which I came across through this tweet by Bill George - including the articles linked to - I learned, for example, this: 1. On the one hand, people value exchanging ideas / chatting with / interacting with other people over the Internet / via apps as well as in various physical places - including at various Internet events and/or events in physical places. 2. On the other hand, people also value privacy / individualized, personalized offices / quiet rooms / not being disturbed when reading, thinking, writing, and/or communicating. In this regard, a key challenge, we need to handle / solve / find better solutions to, is, as I understand, how to block out noise that is disturbing for what the respective person wants to do. As Julian Treasure of the Sound Agency is quotes for in this article : "Nobody can understand two people talking at the same time." In other...

Organization possibilities

Have you thought about how often the classic organization chart that looks like a pyramid is shown when the conversation is about how work is organized. In the presentation embedded below, there are shown some additional ways through which work also can get organized. Why not try out one or more of them? There may be a chance that you and the people you work with will see better results. All the best and happy new year to you. Organization possibilities