WHAT IS AN OFFICE?

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As I heard it - What is an office? Yes, I’m really asking that question. What makes an office an office? What might it be in the future, because it sure isn’t going to be what it once was. Sitting in the huge conference room at the IBM Innovation Center in Chicago, I hear serious ideas thrown around that question. The room dwarfs the oversized projection screen and four 60” flat-screen monitors flank the seats. The MIT Enterprise Forum is presenting THE FUTURE OF THE OFFICE, and … [Read more...]

THE TYRANNY OF THE TELEPHONE

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VERBATIM - Transcribed from a recording by Loop Lonagan Everywhere I go, people bow their heads over their smartphones or hug 'em to their face like they’s worshiping pagan idols. And maybe that’s not far from the truth. It looks dumb. It rude. And a guy could walk into a truck. Nowadays you can’t have a decent conversation without getting interrupted five times by a phone call or text. One time, long ago, an exec answered a call in the middle of our meeting. After I waited three … [Read more...]

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