We all intuit the importance of our spaces in being and staying productive throughout the workday. Yet, companies and management have different goals and objectives when it comes to how they structure those spaces. In today's cast, we discuss the topic of open office spaces, and whether or not they are a productivity enabler or disabler.

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In this Cast | Open Office Spaces

Ray Sidney-Smith

Art Gelwicks

Francis Wade

Show Notes | Open Office Spaces

Resources we mention, including links to them, will be provided here. Please listen to the episode for context.

Basecamp

“The Open Plan Office Is a Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Idea”

“Library Rules - How to Make an Open Office Plan Work”

Slack

Hipchat

Trello

Asana

Evernote

Varidesk

“The Essential Workplace”

“The future office is here”

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Voiceover Artist 0:00 Are you ready to manage your work and personal world better to live a fulfilling productive life, then you've come to the right place productivity cast, the weekly show about all things productivity. Here, your host Ray Sidney-Smith and Augusto Pinaud with Francis Wade and Art Gelwicks.

Raymond Sidney-Smith 0:17 Welcome one and all to productivitycast, the weekly show about all things personal productivity, I'm Ray Sidney-Smith.

Francis Wade 0:23
I'm Francis Wade.

Art Gelwicks 0:24 And I'm Art Gelwicks.

Raymond Sidney-Smith 0:26