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The Perfect Coworking Space

The Perfect Coworking Space

Can you imagine the perfect coworking space for you? During the past 3 years about 40% of companies have made changes to their offices to lure people back to the office. So far it hasn't worked. Coworking spaces have also been upping their game. With the demise of...

Remote Work: Destination or Journey?

Remote Work: Destination or Journey?

The media tends to spend a lot of time on clickbait headlines around office vs remote, but what is remote work? Is it a destination or a journey? Years ago George Carlin had a comedy routine about a piece of mystery food in the back of his refrigerator. "Could be...

Pushback on Return to Office

Pushback on Return to Office

The Return To Office push has presented most workers with two options. Come back to the office as indicated or find another job. Then there is what's behind door number 3, which is taking legal action. Remote workers are not a protected class so you wouldn't think the...

The Truth About The Office and Remote Work

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 makes sense...

The Power of Social

The Power of Social

If you want to understand the power of social networks, you can learn a lot from going to funerals. I suppose I could learn more if I went to more, but I'm glad that I don't have to. This weekend was my last Aunt's funeral. She made it to 88 years old and had a good...

The Legacy of Robert Moses

The Legacy of Robert Moses

For those of you who have never heard of Robert Moses, he was a city official in New York in the early part of the 20th century. A rather large Pulitzer Prize-winning book called The Powerbroker was written about his life. If you can get through the nearly 1300 pages,...