joining us today, jean meister, founding member of a workplace to reinvent the office. >>> jay morganauthor of the book, the future of work. and nikil sabab many. thanks for all of you for joining us. how to reinvent the workplace. what's wrong with most workplaces these days, both from a physical and human perspecti perspective? >> well, first from the physical perspective, the office is dead. employees are increasingly looking for workplace flexibility. so i'd like to think of work as more a state of mind. and an experience. and this is actually important across generations. it's not a millennial thing as we have long thought about. it's really everyone wants to work when and where and how they want to work. in fact, it won't be too long before we ditch our smartphones and tablets and start communicating on our smart watches. >> jean, when you talk about everybody communicating when they want where they want and what they want, at the same time it sounds a little unproductive. >> actually, employees are really craving the ability to work on their own terms. but still, deliver their