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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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Tag: San Francisco Bay Area

Plumbing the paradox of Silicon Valley: Where culture trumps ICT

The late management master Peter Drucker’s perhaps most quoted aphorism is “culture eats strategy for breakfast.” In California’s Silicon Valley,…

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by Frederick Pilot
September 28, 2016

SF Bay Area population health suffers amid economic stress, long commutes

Health Department officials began analyzing the link between housing insecurity and health after watching hundreds of their clients get displaced…

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by Frederick Pilot
August 31, 2016

Facebook is considering opening a San Francisco office – Business Insider

Facebook is thinking about opening up an office in San Francisco, which would be a huge boon for employees who…

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by Frederick Pilot
July 25, 2016

S.F. Bay Area continues to struggle in transition from industrial to information economy amid choking traffic

“Beat L.A.” is a familiar refrain in Bay Area sports, but it now appears Northern California is on its way…

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by Frederick Pilot
April 29, 2016

San Francisco Bay Area at decision point as population, sprawl and congestion grow unsustainably

The Bay Area’s population was boosted by 90,834 people — the size of Santa Barbara — between 2014 and 2015,…

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by Frederick Pilot
March 27, 2016

The ongoing paradox of the SF Bay Area

The transit agency suffered Thursday from the same woes that impacted service the day before with no trains running between…

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by Frederick Pilot
March 17, 2016

25 years later, traffic paradox continues to bedevil SF Bay Area

A quarter of a century ago, I witnessed firsthand the emergence of a robust information and communications technology (ICT) industry…

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by Frederick Pilot
January 17, 2016

How Silicon Valley Made Big City Housing The Cause of and Solution To Inequality (In 9 Visuals) | Gregory Ferenstein | LinkedIn

The alternative (California’s current solution) is commuting, as tech companies and their tens of thousands of employees are scattered throughout…

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by Frederick Pilot
November 23, 2015

Life ‘inside the box’: A Google engineer’s home in a truck at company headquarters – The Washington Post

As his tagline goes, “home is where you park it.” Source: Life ‘inside the box’: A Google engineer’s home in…

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by Frederick Pilot
November 17, 2015

San Francisco Bay Area’s growing traffic paradox

The Bay Area is one of the brightest sparks in the nation’s recovering economy but feeding its vitality means residents…

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by Frederick Pilot
November 8, 2015

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