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Last Rush Hour

On the decentralization of knowledge work in the 21st century

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Decentralized Knowledge Work: Transforming Organizational Management, Culture
The economics of office presence
Buildings and bureaus: RTO isn’t only about trust and control
Redefining office space use in the post CCO era
No assembly required
Future shock and past snapback
The terms “flex” “hybrid” and “remote” represent evolution of knowledge work
From workplace to gathering place
An emerging — and dubious — tradeoff: Making CCOs destinations worth the drive. An emerging — and dubious — tradeoff: Making CCOs destinations worth the drive.
It’s now longer about whether to CCO or not. New model of knowledge work needed.
Distance isn’t quite dead. It’s being defined and justified. And it remains a burden.
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    • The Decentralization of Knowledge Work: How It Helps Organizations Address 3 Key Challenges

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Future shock and past snapback

Before advances in information and communications technologies over the past four decades, knowledge work required industrial scale centralized commuter offices…

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by Frederick Pilot
September 29, 2025

The terms “flex” “hybrid” and “remote” represent evolution of knowledge work

These terms describe the evolution of knowledge work beyond the time and space confines of the 8-5 Monday through Friday…

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by Frederick Pilot
September 24, 2025

Aligning work, outcomes key challenge facing knowledge organizations — not office attendance

The state of knowledge work has reached an accelerated transitional phase of virtualization and decentralization, beginning with the broad adoption…

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by Frederick Pilot
December 26, 2023

Hybrid work is not the future, says Meta’s former director of remote work | Fortune

Hybrid, Dean told Fortune in an interview, isn’t actually an even split between remote and in-office work, despite bosses who…

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by Frederick Pilot
August 15, 2023

Leased/owned office space downsizing likely to accelerate

Knowledge work is currently in an awkward transition out of centralized commuter offices (CCOs) and dispersed to home offices. Many…

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by Frederick Pilot
October 2, 2022
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