Understanding the Dunbar Number

Understanding the Dunbar Number

“Makin’ your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got. Takin’ a break from all your worries sure would help a lot.” If the rest of the song is already starting to play in your head, chances are you are at least 50 years old....
Workplace Needs

Workplace Needs

The Return To Office (RTO) mandates are full of comforting friendly phrases like “we do our best work when we are together” or “ensuring full use of our assets”. Unfortunately, neither of these things are true. Most of our best work is when we...
Remote Work for Resilience

Remote Work for Resilience

2025 is seeing a wave of Return To Office (RTO) mandates. But what problem does it solve? There are lots of buzz phrases being bantered about like “we work best when we are together”. But once you get past the hype and corporate and political...
Offices to Education

Offices to Education

It’s hard to get your mind around the concept of a billion square feet of office space, but that’s about what is sitting vacant in the United States. Landlords and banks have been trying to pressure CEOs to get people back to the office. Some are taking...
Fallingwater

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

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...