tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post114841583693621957..comments2023-07-29T09:15:17.416+01:00Comments on allan's blog - Agile & Digital Business: Office, Cubicle or Open plan?allan kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06262139490250478379noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-1148625767166197662006-05-26T07:42:00.000+01:002006-05-26T07:42:00.000+01:00One cubicle workplace in Europe that worked: the I...One cubicle workplace in Europe that worked: the Intel factory in Dublin. Half the workforce are suppliers, running their operations in the factory from their cubicles. As they tend to compete against each other for Intel business, the open plan would not work. The setup succeeded in creating a sense of equality among site workers in spite of huge difference between the way suppliers treated their own employees.<BR/>Paramount to this happy setup was the cafeteria, serving hot, fresh food 24/7. Great, informal meeting space and big (and noisy) enough to be reasonably private.<BR/>So, cubicle can work. But don't use it to penny pinch...Remihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09515592407574455445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-1148420067861753042006-05-23T22:34:00.000+01:002006-05-23T22:34:00.000+01:00I think you should check out Pixar's 'non-cubicles...I think you should check out Pixar's <A HREF="http://www.boingboing.net/2005/03/16/pixars_groovy_noncub.html" REL="nofollow">'non-cubicles'</A>. They seem to achieve a nice balance between personal & shared space.<BR/><BR/>RupeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com