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So a company or a charity or an organization of any kind, they typically, unless you're working in Africa if you're really lucky to do that, but most people have to go to an office every day. And so these companies, they build offices. They go out and they buy a building or they rent a building or they lease some space and they fill the space with stuff. They fill it with tables or desks, chairs, computer equipment, software, internet access, maybe a fridge, maybe a few other things, and they expect their employees or their volunteers to come to that location every day to do great work. It seems like it's perfectly reasonable to ask that. However, if you actually talk to people and even question yourself and you ask yourself, where do you really want to go when you really need to get something done? You'll find out that people don't say what businesses think they would say. If you ask people the question, where do you really need to go when you need to get something done, you typically get three different kinds of answers. One is kind of a place or a location or a room. Another one is a moving object. And a third is a time. So here's some examples. When I ask people, I've been asking people this question for about 10 years, I ask them, where do you go when you really need to get something done? I'll hear things like the porch, the deck, the kitchen. I'll hear things like an extra room in the house, the basement, the coffee shop, the library. And then you'll hear things like the train, a plane, a car, so the commute. And then you'll hear people say, well, it doesn't really matter where I am as long as it's really early in the morning or really late at night or on the weekends. You almost never hear someone say the office, but businesses are spending all this money on this place called the office and they're making people go to it all the time, yet people don't do work in the office. What is that about? Why is that? Why is that happening?

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So / a company or a charity or an organization of any kind, / they typically, / unless you're working in Africa if you're really lucky to do that, but most people have to go to an office every day. // And so / these companies, / they build offices. // They go out and they buy a building / or they rent a building / or they lease some space / and they fill the space with stuff. // They fill it with / tables or desks, / chairs, / computer equipment, / software, / internet access, / maybe a fridge, / maybe a few other things, / and they expect their employees or their volunteers to come to that location every day to do great work. // It seems like it's perfectly reasonable to / to ask that. // However, if you actually talk to people / and even question yourself and you ask yourself, / where do you really want to go when you really need to get something done? // You'll find out that people don't say what businesses think they would say. // If you ask people the question, where do you really need to go when you need to get something done, / you typically get three different kinds of answers. // One is kind of a place or a location or a room. // Another one is a moving object. // And a third is a time. // So here's some examples. // When I ask people, I've been asking people this question for about 10 years, I ask them, / where do you go when you really need to get something done? // I'll hear things like the porch, / the deck, / the kitchen. / I'll hear things like an extra room in the house, / the basement, / the coffee shop, / the library. // And then you'll hear things like the train, / a plane, / a car, / so the commute. // And then you'll hear people say, well, / it doesn't really matter where I am as long as it's really early in the morning or really late at night / or on the weekends. // You almost never hear someone say the office, / but businesses are spending all this money on this place called the office and they're making people go to it all the time, yet people don't / do work in the office. // What is that about? // Why is that? / Why is that happening?