You see, due to the office layout, her desk was out in the open, right by the front door, making her a sitting duck.
One solution is to rotate your desk or change the layout of your cubicle so that your back is facing the door.
That's also terrific because it's everything from very simple little things — like improving the layout of the desks in the area — all the way through to fairly important things.
Culture includes artifacts like furniture (metal desks versus mahogany) and physical layout (bullpen versus corner office with a view).
If you work from home, mix things up by working in a new place, like a coffee shop or a library; if you work from an office, try changing up the layout of your desk or work area.
I myself rarely live with just one phone for more than a couple weeks, and the layout of my desk is constantly changing as new mice, keyboards, speakers, headphones, drives, and so on pass my way.
A glance at a layout chart from that time reveals desks scattered in a seemingly higgledy-piggledy fashion, with desks butting up against each other every which way, and clustered in work zones of different sizes.
Teams can also create whatever workspace layout best supports their project, moving desks into a circular break-out space or a long row of desks, for example.
That they rely on too much taxpayer-funded fat in general: empty desks, half-filled rooms, poorly arranged floor layouts.
Chairs and desks are now more adjustable, but the basic layout - cubicles aside - of many North American offices has not altered much in 100 years.
