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The Eudaimonia Machine- An Office Space Concept for the 21st Century?

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The Eudaimonia Machine, as described in Cal Newport’s book Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, offers principles for office space planning that seek to avoid many of the well-documented deficiencies of today’s open plan office. How does this concept differ from the current 21st century version of the open office? Can it help move the more desirable attributes of the open office forward? In my last article on the open plan office, I noted that the current version of the open office has, in the view of many observers, become a contradiction of the concept it seeks to promote. On the one hand, the grouped touchdown stations and collaborative hubs encourage interaction among employees so they can achieve superior creative and targeted results. On the other hand, the well-documented disruptions inherent in these spaces often lead to just the opposite result. Critics would say there is clearly a disconnect between concept and reality. The article also introduced the E

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