It's probably just enough to dress them in business casual, and have them walk around the office looking very serious and busy, talking on their cellphones about business-y stuff. All that matters is the "buzz" and "hum" and "pop" of SeriousBusiness getting done.
> It's probably just enough to dress them in business casual…
Bonus points for how little effort you can get the actors to put in while still getting away with it. Just have them wear shorts, some tech vendor t-shirts, and put most of them in a conference room, while two people talk about the last “feature” release.
If it’s not a tech related portion of the business, do the same, but say something about making casual “insert-day-of-the-week” and have said business group talk about how the last “feature” release impacted their section.
Triple bonus points if you get the boss to join in on the discussion with no one knowing what the actual “feature” released was, without the boss figuring the whole thing out.
shouting the following into a phone: "YES, FRAN. I KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS, BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE WENUS, AND I'M NOT HAPPY." will be good, but what happens if the management says "I like that guy! What's his name?"
later on "Hey Chandler, Did you get that WENUS problem sorted out? Chandler, I'd like you to come to the main office and give a presentation, we need your kind of can-do attitude"
You could have shared employees. It reminds me of many strange hybrid company ideas I use to ponder.
A lauromat can have big machines that produce steam and hot water. You can power an indoor troppical garden with a swinming pool and an interesting lunchroom. Desk work can be done laying in the grass etc etc
Thats the general formula.
The office can be a showroom for a vintage motorcycle shop.
Just rent your office out as a co-working space. That way you can even run a profit off it.
And keep an eye out how long it takes the board to realize that the assistant to the CEO is no longer a pure cost, but actually returning a profit for the company. /s
> Just rent your office out as a co-working space. That way you can even run a profit off it.
That’s a great idea, we could create a web portal and basically make a techy office management rental interface. Let’s pitch the idea to YComb together, we can call the venture OurWork.
Edit: Maybe you can? Check with someone who does local casting?