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Will This Open Space Work?

Sasha Pasternak, general manager of facilities for Northern Oil, was pleased with the innovative office design being developed for the new head office. As she helped Abby Eliot, senior architect, pin drawings up on Northern’s conference-room wall, she reflected that the wide-open, interactive concept responded well to CEO Fritz Schumacher’s request for space that cost less and supported more collaborative work.

A version of this article appeared in the May–June 1999 issue of Harvard Business Review.

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