Bob Propst introduced America to the open-plan office along with the office cubicle.
Companies saw his invention as a way to save money. Propst came to regret his creation, saying cubiclizing people in modern corporations is "monolithic insanity."
24
288 reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
The idea is part of this collection:
Learn more about personaldevelopment with this collection
Cultivating a growth mindset and embracing challenges
Developing adaptive thinking and problem-solving skills
Effective learning frameworks and approaches
Related collections
Similar ideas to The office cubicle
For many corporations, task switching has become a requirement of the job.
When people don't know how their pay compares to their peers, they're more likely to feel underpaid and maybe even discriminated against.
For companies, pay secrecy is actually a way to save a lot of money. Keeping salaries secret leads to what economists call "information asymmetr...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
ā
100+ Learning Journeys
ā
Access to 200,000+ ideas
ā
Access to the mobile app
ā
Unlimited idea saving
ā
ā
Unlimited history
ā
ā
Unlimited listening to ideas
ā
ā
Downloading & offline access
ā
ā
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates