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I read an article about it many years ago. Who you bump into and are physically near can create and maintain certain workflows and company culture. This was pro
by njarboe 9y ago
I read an article about it many years ago. Who you bump into and are physically near can create and maintain certain workflows and company culture. This was probably more important before personal computers and the internet. You are likely to have lunch with people you see and different business units can cross fertilize with greater ease. Moving from an organically grown bunch of buildings near each other, to a huge building with only elevator access to each floor, will change how people interact quite a bit.
- wahern 9y agohttps://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/241/20-acts-in-60-minutes?act=14#play https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/241/... "Act 14" on this This American Life episode tells the story of what happened when the Vienna Sausage Company moved production to a new, purpose-built facility. If you'd rather read than listen, scroll down to "Act Fourteen" here, https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/241/transcript https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/241/... It arguably exemplifies precisely what you're saying, except in a much more literal fashion.