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Podcast: The Politics of Everything
Episode: 174: The Politics of Workplace Design - Angela Ferguson
Description: One hundred years ago, if you worked in an office, you likely would have been crammed into a large room, sitting shoulder to shoulder with your colleagues in endless rows of desks. Designed to maximise productivity, these offices made it easy for managers to supervise staff, but were terrible for morale.By the 1960s, offices had evolved into a cubicle layout, giving team members small private areas within a larger office space. These three-walled cubicles were intended to create a more personalised experience in the workplace, while still allowing people to converse with colleagues. Unfortunately, this had...