Bulldoze Your Cubicles for Better Collaboration
Last Spring, Wired Magazine had a pictorial on the evolution of the cubicle farm, offering a glimmer of hope by stating that today’s designers are trying to “part the sea of cubicles and encourage sociability”.
Harvard Business Publishing suggests parting them with a bulldozer.
“Cubicle cultures just don’t work… (they) discourage collaboration, stifle employee engagement and, as a result, strangle innovation at the exact time when it’s desperately needed.”
What does work? An environment offering a combination of private space to get work done and communal spaces for collaboration.
Read both articles for short profiles and office furniture companies offering alternatives.
