# An op-ed by Prof. Anat Lechner on designing workplaces for employee collaboration

1 Faculty News April 18, 2012 ![Harvard Business Review logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032358.jpg?itok=cHztGP4H)>

Excerpt from [Harvard Business Review blog](http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/04/better_teamwork_through_office.html) -- "Collaboration now occurs all the time at personal desks and in hallways, or virtually via internet or smart phones, and it's often spontaneous and informal, rather than planned in advance. Unfortunately our legacy work environments — dominated by offices or cubes — rarely match this new reality."
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