What Desire Paths can teach us about returning to the office

What Desire Paths can teach us about returning to the office.

A thread worth reading on Twitter about “Desire Paths”

This thread includes reference to a how Michigan State university chose to left their green spaces unpaved, allowing people to choose where to walk and wear out the grass into “desire paths” and only then paving those paths, the University of Wisconsin chose a (cough, pun!) middle ground:

UW’s assistant campus planner Aaron Williams said the UW approaches the layout of the campus’ pathways through holistic, contextual planning. “We try to get it right the first time,” Williams said. “There’s a fine balance between paving the entire campus and having green space.”

Desire paths: the unofficial footpaths that frustrate, captivate campus planners

So, I’m thinking about what desire paths can teach us about returning to the office.

Almost every business leader I talk to anywhere in the world is considering this and my daily posts have written…