Who tore the cubicles down?

[Anders Ramsay]

At the Agile 09 conference, there was a speaker who told a story of how he
one day, without asking management for permission, simply disassembled a
bunch of cubicles to create a shared workspace for his team, so they could
be co-located  Racking my brain but cannot remember his name.  (And this is
probably a story he has told before.)  Anyone recall who told this story?

-Anders

[Margaret Motamed-2]

I don't know who told the story. But I do know that we have done that here locally. With 2 functional teams. Management was fine with it. Only facilities was a bit mad at first - because the cube walls were expensive to them so they did not want pieces lost etc.  So our barrier was facilities only.

Margaret

From: agile-usability@... [mailto:agile-usability@...] On Behalf Of Anders Ramsay
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:32 AM
To: agile-usability@...
Subject: [agile-usability] Who tore the cubicles down?



At the Agile 09 conference, there was a speaker who told a story of how he one day, without asking management for permission, simply disassembled a bunch of cubicles to create a shared workspace for his team, so they could be co-located  Racking my brain but cannot remember his name.  (And this is probably a story he has told before.)  Anyone recall who told this story?

-Anders

[Dan Rawsthorne]

I may have. I have done it, I have told it, and I have heard of others
that did it, and I was at Agile09.

Dan Rawsthorne, PhD, CST
Senior Coach, Danube Technologies
dan@..., 425-269-8628



Anders Ramsay wrote:

>  
>
> At the Agile 09 conference, there was a speaker who told a story of
> how he one day, without asking management for permission, simply
> disassembled a bunch of cubicles to create a shared workspace for his
> team, so they could be co-located  Racking my brain but cannot
> remember his name.  (And this is probably a story he has told
> before.)  Anyone recall who told this story?
>
> -Anders
>
>

[Gerard Meszaros]

Some parts of this message have been removed. Learn more about Nabble's security policy.

 

I may have. I have done it, I have told it, and I have heard of others
that did it, and I was at Agile09.

My story predates Agile; I first did it in 1985!

Gerard

Dan Rawsthorne wrote:

 

I may have. I have done it, I have told it, and I have heard of others
that did it, and I was at Agile09.

Dan Rawsthorne, PhD, CST
Senior Coach, Danube Technologies
..., 425-269-8628

Anders Ramsay wrote:
>
>
> At the Agile 09 conference, there was a speaker who told a story of
> how he one day, without asking management for permission, simply
> disassembled a bunch of cubicles to create a shared workspace for his
> team, so they could be co-located Racking my brain but cannot
> remember his name. (And this is probably a story he has told
> before.) Anyone recall who told this story?
>
> -Anders
>
>

__._,_.___

Messages in this topic (3) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic

Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar

Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: agile-usability-digest@... | agile-usability-traditional@...
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | agile-usability-unsubscribe@...

Recent Activity

•  8
  New Members

Visit Your Group

Give Back

Yahoo! for Good

Get inspired

by a good cause.

Y! Toolbar

Get it Free!

easy 1-click access

to your groups.

Yahoo! Groups

Start a group

in 3 easy steps.

Connect with others.

.

__,_._,___

[Anders Ramsay]

Great, thanks! The more cubicles torn down the merrier :)  If you don't
mind, I might be contacting each of you individually to see if I can include
one or more of your cubicle-disassembly stories in my book.

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Margaret Motamed <motamed@...> wrote:

>
>
>  I don’t know who told the story. But I do know that we have done that
> here locally. With 2 functional teams. Management was fine with it. Only
> facilities was a bit mad at first – because the cube walls were expensive to
> them so they did not want pieces lost etc.  So our barrier was facilities
> only.
>
>
>
> Margaret
>
>
>
> *From:* agile-usability@... [mailto:
> agile-usability@...] *On Behalf Of *Anders Ramsay
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:32 AM
> *To:* agile-usability@...
> *Subject:* [agile-usability] Who tore the cubicles down?
>
>
>
>
>
> At the Agile 09 conference, there was a speaker who told a story of how he
> one day, without asking management for permission, simply disassembled a
> bunch of cubicles to create a shared workspace for his team, so they could
> be co-located  Racking my brain but cannot remember his name.  (And this is
> probably a story he has told before.)  Anyone recall who told this story?
>
> -Anders
>
>  
>