Concurrents – Environmental Psychology: People Energize Places
David Vecsey’s July 17 article for The New York Times (“Greetings From a Dormant Newsroom,” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/17/insider/working-empty-newsroom.html) makes it very clear that people and work-aligned rituals need to be co-present in workplaces for organizations to perform to their full potential. Vecsey reports on his recent experiences in the newsroom of The New York Times: “It’s quiet. Too quiet. . . I’m in a gigantic newsroom in a 52-story tower in the busiest neighborhood of one of the busiest cities in the world and – nothing. Not a sound. A sweeping look around reveals a barren landscape of empty desks and empty seats. A glance over the railings reveals two more floors in a similar state of nothingness. . . . Walking around, you spot a few faces. But not many. . . . What I do miss is the thrum of the newsroom, the energy of the city that used to …
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