The economics of office presence
The virtualization and decentralization of knowledge work has greatly reduced the need for office attendance. But it nevertheless holds value…
Month: October 2025
Buildings and bureaus: RTO isn’t only about trust and control
Return to office (RTO) isn’t only about control or trust or workplaces. It’s more fundamental. It’s essentially about organizational identity….
Redefining office space use in the post CCO era
Return to office (RTO) policies have created controversy, framed as a set to between executive leadership wanting staff to work…
No assembly required
As information and communications technology tools decentralize and virtualize knowledge work, it challenges knowledge organizations to reconceptualize working. In the pre information economy industrial age, work and education involved assembling: in schools, factories and offices.
Now the office is optional.