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In the case of the open office it should be required that the people who make the decision also work in the same office layout. That's not difficult to do. Don'
by maxxxxx 8y ago
In the case of the open office it should be required that the people who make the decision also work in the same office layout. That's not difficult to do. Don't overthink it.
Let's start with CEOs and VPs work elbow by elbow in an open layout and have to buy headphones.
- iamdave 8y agoDon't overthink it. This isn't asking antagonistically, it's a legitimate ask, so I hope you'll understand my tone isn't one of aggression: How am I over thinking it? The proposed idea is to require leaders sit with their constituents. Leaders are the ones choosing these horrible open office layouts. How do you make them do something that in many cases, as many folks are replying in this thread to the effect of-they do not want to do? Do you appeal to the board of directors? What does that look like? When one says "this should be required", my immediate thought is, okay how do you implement it, and how do you actually enforce it? And that's what I'm asking here. I don't think I'm overthinking it, but thinking exactly the question that will need to be answered if that suggestion is to take root anywhere. How do you require the leaders of your company to do something they might not want to do?
- alexhutcheson 8y agoCEOs and VPs (and even the layer of middle management below them at a big company) probably have a schedule that's almost 100% full of meetings, so the specifics of where their desk is normally don't even matter.