Anyone who has grown with an ‘informal’ company finally moving from cramped, inappropriate office space to swanky state of the art offices will probably identify with Gahesh Chella’s views on employee involvement.
He says that senior managers often think that an upwardly mobile move will automatically gain employee involvement when in fact it often does the opposite. The accidental and informal interactions (read chatting with you boss like a real person) that used to happen are changed and oddly enough simple things like getting a light bulb changed (which anyone used to do just standing on any old chair) now needs a risk assessment, a team of outside lighting consultants and a crane.
By all means improve the office, but keep showing the love. More here
