There is one right alternative workplace design solution that is unique to your institution – the trick is to find that special solution. There is a tangible cost to your institution if you don’t find that right solution. Alternative workplace design does not save square feet per occupant and is not a real estate cost savings idea – it is a productivity and recruitment issue for a new generation of workers who work very differently from the generation of workers that your present facilities house.

- From Tradeline's Lean Management Models for Facilities Management and Capital Projects Conference 2007