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The Cubicle trap: the open plan creator also thinks it’s a mistake

Is the cubicle a white-collar trap? Millions of people around the globe have found solace in the reading of the adventures of Scott Adams’s Dilbert. Now, a Fortune article dedicated to cubicles is emphasising that even the inventor of cubicles (Robert Propst) thought that his invention was a mistake.

At least, it wasn’t intended for the cramming of masses of office workers in as much space as possible. Propst ran Herman Miller’s research department for years.

Cubicle trap piece

At the very least, it was not intended that it should be hijacked in order to put as many people as possible in as little space as possible. For many years Propst was head of the research department of office manufacturer Herman Miller.

Incidentally, I couldn’t resist the pleasure of showing the caricature of the cubicle in open plans that Jacques Tati made in his 1967 film “Playtime”. Couldn’t Monsieur Hulot be considered as Dilbert’s worthy predecessor?

bureau ouvertthe cubicle discovered by M. Hulot

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Yann Gourvennec created visionarymarketing.com in 1996. He is a speaker and author of 6 books. In 2014 he went from intrapreneur to entrepreneur, when he created his digital marketing agency. ———————————————————— Yann Gourvennec a créé visionarymarketing.com en 1996. Il est conférencier et auteur de 6 livres. En 2014, il est passé d'intrapreneur à entrepreneur en créant son agence de marketing numérique. More »
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