SAN JOSE, CA—Workplace transformation and technological innovation continue to characterize today's new live-work-play dynamic. Those thoughts are according to Robin Weckesser, president and founder of a3 Workplace Strategies, a workplace consulting group based in San Jose and serving companies throughout the US and worldwide. In the exclusive commentary below, he talks about how law firms have been one of the last to adopt sweeping changes to workspace changes.

The views expressed below are Weckesser's own.

In the Bay Area and beyond, "one size doesn't fit all" is a concept that applies to workplace solutions in all industry sectors. On one end of the spectrum, technology companies are increasingly embracing open office environments; on the other end, law firms, one of the last bastions of a more conservative and traditional culture, have been slow to adopt sweeping changes, in part because private space is paramount.  But a closer look reveals that the legal industry is becoming more aligned with the move toward creative workplace design alternatives, as reflected by the desires of many clients as well as younger professional employees.