An Office is a Human Engine.

Going by the definition of a Game Engine as inspiration, an Engine is a group of Tools that come together in Synthesis to create an Effect.

A Human Engine would therefore define a Human as a Tool, but only as an Expression of what only a Human could evoke.

Value a Human for what a Human is capable of.

If a task can be replaced by a Machine, it doesn’t belong in a Human Engine.

To use a Human as a Tool, only to evoke basic repetitive tasks, because the Mechanical Automation is too expensive is Unethical, Insulting, and Wasteful.

To value a Human for all their Complexity and Depth, what such a Tool would produce is much greater than any Machine, if assessed properly.

Given that definition, if you need a Tool that uses repetition in such a way, then use a Machine, and have it be one of the Instruments played by the Humans.

An Office being a Human Engine means that each Human in the Engine is a Specialist that adds something to the group.

Each Specialist plays a set of Instruments that increase the qualitative and quantitative value of their labor.

An Office that is fully Staffed is a Human Engine, which is a collection of Specialists that use Tools as they would Musical Instruments to collectively create a Synthesis of Effect.

There are a set of Basic Generalized Automation Instruments available for the Specialists to play, which include Software and Robotics, but a long term goal is to properly hone a refined understanding of the abilities of each Specialist to design and develop extremely specialized Tools to increase each Specialist's Work Value.

Specialists are not easily replaced. This is not Transient Labor.

The Goal should be locking down Talent and developing it over the course of a Career.

You have an Office. Stay there for 50 years.

"But the world doesn't work that way anymore!"

Bullshit. That's just buying into and submitting to Popular Trends.

I will design an Office however I damn well please!

There are laws to be considered, and ethics, but Popular Trends can go fuck themselves!

Innovation is no slave to Popular Trends.

Getting a new job every 3 -5 years destroys local communities, because nobody stays.