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Will the Traditional Concept of an 'Office' Be Dead Within 10 Years?

By Bruce Carton

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Over at Seth's Blog, Seth Godin does his standard, masterful job of re-thinking big-picture issues with a post today entitled, "Goodbye to the Office." Godin looks briefly at the history of the "office" as a necessary destination at which work is performed, and concludes that the concept is probably on its last legs. Godin writes that the idea of an office resulted from a need that developed in the 1800s for management to be right next to their companies' factories so that they could monitor what was going on. But what is the rationale for an office in 2010? Godin identifies seven common answers to that question, and says that only one of them seems to have any merit today -- and even that one is probably short-lived: 1. "That's where the machines are." Godin: The machine is now your laptop. 2. "That's where the items I need to work on are." Godin: Again -- what you need is on your laptop. 3. "The boss needs to keep tabs on my productivity." Godin: This can be done digitally. 4. "There are important meetings to go to." Godin: Meetings are not usually that important. What would happen if you didn't attend?...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on June 16, 2010 (boomark / email).