It’s breathtaking to see how quickly fifty to sixty people can all agree and get together to trounce a huge project. Here at work our VP made some employee location moves which require picking up all the hardware, office supplies, and assorted bric-a-brac and move various people into new physical locations in the office.

Most of the people were already buzzing along by the time I slowly made my way to work. I got in and got settled and it was nice seeing people moving about, all chipping in and helping others move couches, computers, printers, credenzas, and boxes of assorted office supplies throughout our office. I dived in about 9am and had a management approved list, in order, of who was supposed to move where. We all chugged along until about 11:30 and then things started to wind down. There is still a lot to move, but that’s mostly each cubicle-dwellers taste and choice to put this there and that over there.

TPTB arranged a pizza lunch to thank us all for our hard work, and that was a wonderful gesture. Pizza is after all it’s own food group. 🙂 It’s times like these, with people all active and moving about, and funny things being said and people reacting in surprising ways that makes the office feel more alive and vibrant. Not that we should be engaged in musical chairs every day, but this shakeup does make things feel fresher. Of course, the curse will be to try to re-establish a mental map of where everyone is now, as the old mental map has to be forgotten. I’m fine with it if the reward is all this camaraderie.