Captains Log: Stardate 0221.25
We’ve moved! Not very far. Just down six floors to Suite 700. Lots of windows like before. Cool cityscapes to cast our eyes on, and views St. Helens are still available, if you’re in the right spot.
This is a more open floorplan than we’ve had in the past. What we’ve really got in our views is each other. This might seem distracting, but I’m appreciating the increased connection and energy.
We keep the electric lights off or to a minimum, so we really see the sunlight in the office change throughout the day. With windows to the west, north and east, it’s a pleasant journey across the sky.
Extending our lease in the same building is also a recommitment to downtown and the city we live in. We’re here at the heart of it. Buying coffees, grabbing lunches and trying to contribute to our little village that in return gives us energy and perspective on people we wouldn’t otherwise have. Call it reciprocal, symbiotic or cosmic, it’s working for us.
Finally, I’m enjoying the stronger sense of collaboration the new space affords. Perhaps the most important measure of a work environment is the degree to which it helps us come together. The way we feed off of each other. I believe in judging space by the way it contributes to the culture of the enterprise and the quality of its output – in our case, communications ideas that break through to make authentic connections with audiences we’re trying to reach and help.
It’s our new take, if you will, on Captain James T. Kirk’s quote from the 1960’s Star Trek, “Space: the final frontier…to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations…” We’re on our way.
