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Fixing Return To Office: Productivity Data & The Future of Work With Andrew Farah
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In this eye-opening episode of The Real Finds Podcast, host Gordon Lamphere welcomes Andrew Farah, the CEO and co-founder of Density, a company revolutionizing how we measure and understand physical space usage in office environments.
Together, they explore the hidden inefficiencies of commercial office spaces, the myths around return-to-office mandates, and how anonymous, real-time space data can fundamentally reshape how organizations use their buildings, without infringing on privacy.
🔍 Key Topics Covered:
- Why “butts in seats” is a broken metric for workplace effectiveness
- How Density’s radar-based sensors provide real-time data while ensuring complete privacy
- Why camera-based systems pose legal, ethical, and cybersecurity risks
- “Ghost meetings,” unclaimed desks, and the vast wasteland of unused office space
- How high-trust, in-person collaboration builds stronger products and teams
- What federal government real estate downsizing means for office investors and REITs
- Creative solutions for return-to-office success: including in-building childcare
- The real impact of flexible work on young professionals, mentorship, and workplace training
- How future workspaces will blend AI, self-driving tech, and radically smaller, higher-output teams
📈 Whether you're a commercial real estate investor, a corporate occupier, or simply navigating hybrid work policies, this episode will change the way you think about space, people, and productivity.
📚 Books Recommended by Andrew Farah:
The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli – A poetic exploration of time by a physicist who writes like a philosopher.
Endurance by Alfred Lansing – The true survival story of Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition (with a shoutout to navigator Frank Worsley).
Contact by Carl Sagan – A science fiction classic about our place in the universe, later adapted into a film starring Jodie Foster.
Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara – Behind the scenes of Eleven Madison Park and the art of going above and beyond for customers.
Lessons of History by Will & Ariel Durant – A concise but profound meditation on human history, civilization, and recurring patterns.
Andrew also shares powerful advice for young professionals: read what you love until you love to read, and let curiosity, not competition, guide your growth.
📬 Want to connect with Andrew Farah or learn more about Density?
Website: https://www.density.io
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewfarah/
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