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Fixing the Federal Budget
The federal government workforce has largely been static for the past 80 years. They serve a larger population than in 1945, so they do more with less. And yet federal employees seem to be the target of the proposed budget cuts. Remote work also gets tossed around...
The Future of Government Work
News headlines are filled with phrases like government return to office, cuts coming, RTO, layoffs in disguise, etc., etc. With Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy at the head of the new Department of Government Efficiency, speculation is rampant. People want to know how...
Fallingwater
Few residential buildings have had more impact on the modern office than Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater. It was built in the late 1930s in Western Pennsylvania. As a college architecture student in Pennsylvania, Wright's presence was still unescapable half a...
Good Friction Bad Friction
Friction is a weird thing. We need friction in our lives to maintain our health, our muscles, and our sanity. People who live in tropical areas where the weather is "perfect" too much, get depressed when the weather gets bad. Exercise is necessary friction so our...
Making the Most of your RTO commute
Except for a few CEOs, no one is looking forward to a forced return to office (RTO). Data suggests that expected benefits and actual impact are likely to be very different. Whether you are drinking the Kool-Aid or just going along until you find something better, you...
Relationship Equity
The future of workplaces is going to change the relationship that people have with a particular location. The modern office is an outgrowth of the modern factory. That no longer works, the new model will be closer to that of a hotel and its guests. Relationship equity...
