Forty years ago, in an odd-shaped building on South State Street between Interstate 94 and the University of Michigan campus, a team of researchers and designers came up with an idea that seems simple ...

In a memorable montage from the 1999 workplace satire "Office Space," Peter Gibbons, a fed-up office drone, decides to take a stand. He parks his Toyota Corolla in his Porsche-driving boss' parking ...

I've had it with the modern-day open office: bright fluorescent lights; fish-bowl distracting conference rooms that always leaves you wondering who your manager is meeting with; long shared desks.

Consider the modern office layout: Open floor plan, lots of common space flooded with natural light, clusters of “pods” with low partitions (or none), all designed to encourage teamwork, boost ...