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New Environments for Workers

URBAN OMNIBUS • 30 APRIL 2009 • BY ROB KELLEY
Rob Kelley recaps DEGW's "Work and the City," a talk about how the changing nature of work is transforming our workplaces, buildings, and cities.

Last Thursday, strategic design consultancy DEGW hosted a talk regarding “Work and the City,” how the changing nature of work is transforming our workplaces, buildings, and cities. DEGW Founder and past president Frank Duffy shared a panel with Downtown Alliance VP for Planning and Economic Development Nicole La Russo and mobile researcher Laura Forlano. The talk ranged from the long-lasting effects of Taylorist scientific management on the workplace to the new, unexpected work styles emerging in the 21st century networked world. Most surprising was the range of opinion on what really is happening in today’s work world.

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