The G r e e n
After the US presidential election top NYTimes columnist Tom Friedman wrote the key to future US success was for President Biden to deliver real stimulus that enables all Americans to realize their full potential. Moreover, to make sure that the $1.9Tn relief package; and his coming $3Tn green/infrastructure proposal actually deliver as promised.
Zoooooming
As corporations plan to bring workers back to the office, interior design experts Perkins+Will expect expanded gathering spaces and fewer personal workstations. The #BeyondCovid scenarios look uncannily like collaborative workspaces from progressives in the 90's
New York's new
Remote work is here to stay. Manhattan may never be the same. NYC, long buoyed by a fantastic flow of commuters into towering office buildings, faces a cataclysmic challenge, even when Covid concludes. A new mobile 'office is where you are', 'decentralized age' has dawned. This case study by NYTimes' Matthew Haag is convincing....
Corporate office
On Tuesday, we studied attitudes of NYC office bosses & employees on the "return to central offices" dilemma. Now we look at the similar quandary in London, where optimism is greater, but is it real given the WFH productivity boost; the dawning of the 'decentralized age'; and the cataclysmic challenge facing commuters?
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