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Why Office Layout Shapes Economic Productivity
Episode 32 digs into the link between workplace design and national productivity. Lucas opens with a 2019 study from MIT and Harvard finding that open-plan offices reduced face-to-face interaction by 70% while increasing email volume. Luna pushes back on the conventional wisdom, citing the counterexample of Pixar's Steve Jobs-designed atrium that actually boosted collaboration. Together they explore how office layout, from cubicles to activity-based working, influences knowledge-worker output and what that means for long-term economic growth. No hot takes on standing desks or ping-pong…
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