Dr. Michael O'Neill, senior research strategist at Haworth, on the future of the office, the demographics dilemma, and the emerging need for clarity in workplace design

摘要

In the past five years or so, we've seen the traditional office-the Dilbert world of fixed cubicles, all lined up in numbing monotony-begin to disappear. We have left the Baby Boomer era of office design behind and are well on our way into the work world of Generation Y. Part of this change is due to how rapidly technology has untethered us from traditional office space. But change has also been driven by the preferred work style of Generation Y, which is much more collaborative and motivated by the need for social connection. At the office, they demand choice-over the location of their work and the options of spaces to use.