Stories give, rather than take, time. This is a special attribute, much neglected, but to be treasured, in a work world where we're inclined to finish each other's sentences, competing for time and space in the organisational agenda and politics. This short essay explores some different ways of opening up the neglected or squashed breathing and story spaces in organisations – invitation, corridors and stairs, journeys, exhibits and objects, silence and empty spaces, importing the story spaces crafted by others, as a lens through which to view the organisation. All of these, and many others, are ways to reorganise time, space, rhythm, relationship and perspective at work.