Concerning The officeless office

Jim,

No office? OMG, have you lost your mind? With no office where’s our security? Our warm fuzzy? Our place where we feel superior and have the upper hand on all who enter?

However, I’m writing this in bed on a Dell D800 laptop through a wireless home network and I can’t remember the last time I turned on our desk computer in the home “office.” Our HP printer/fax/scanner is also wireless and sits in another room only needing power & phone connections.

So, on one hand I decry the loss of an office, and on the other I practice not needing one. Call me a hypocrite.

Peace,

Gene Canavan
Prattville, Alabama
USA

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Jim,

That “dear friend” who has spent 15 years tearing down monuments to elitism wouldn’t be someone I know and respect would it?

Several years ago (while at [withheld]) we investigated a ‘management program’ that Cummins Engine had implemented in some of their facilities which was based on the premise that if there was more than 2 people between you and the production line, you were most likely superfluous. Their approach was to require all jobs off the production line to be re-justified with particular attention to those at the 2+ level away from it. Well, since over 50% of [withheld] division (and 6 of 8 member of the Division Manager’s Team) fell into that 2+ category, we elected not to pursue that approach. By the way, the vote at the Div Mgr’s Team was 6 to 2!

Ed Turner
Houston, Texas
USA

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Hi Jim -

You crack me up!! I love your direct manner and provocative ideas.

I think some of your suggestions are wild and premature, but generally speaking - very aligned with reality, trends, and reasonable visions for the future.

Even when I think some of your ideas may be wild (extension service, grant colleges), I appreciate the way you encourage innovative thinking.

Keep 'em coming, please! They generally help break the routine of my day.

Best Wishes &
Kind Regards,

Darin A. Jensen, P.E.
Minnesota
USA

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