There are many articles out there that paint open offices in a negative light. I think the main reason open offices get a bad rap is because people forget to mind their manners in the open office. Speaking of which, it’s time for some more friendly reminders from Miss Open Office Manners. In this...

In a previous blog, we explained the concept of the Eudaimonia Machine. As described in Cal Newport’s book, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, Eudaimonia Machine is an architectural concept supporting the notion that form follows function. It’s a solution that gives balance...

By Mike Jones (Major Security Consulting and Design) and Keith Fentress

“I’ll look like a traffic cone,” said a school security officer when being asked to don a bright orange polo shirt with SCHOOL SECURITY printed on front and back. I responded, “Yes, you will look like a traffic cone and that is...

I was recently involved in an exciting analysis for a court jurisdiction with multiple courthouses spread across a sizable geographic area. Our goal was to consider whether the existing locations were in the right places, with the idea that the court should serve the people – even if that means...

No single factor has been more responsible for the proliferation of working remotely than the ability to gain secure access to office networks and cloud-based applications from outside of the office. In an earlier blog, I wrote about the advantages of Virtual Private Networks for the home worker to...