| FastCo Works LOGIN SUBSCRIBE advertisement BYÂ Grace Snelling Listen to this ArticleMore info 0:00 / 0:00 There was a time, back in the mid-2010s, when Starbucks was in its prime. It was an era characterized by handwritten notes on cups, signature purple chairs, and coffee houses teeming with people sitting down to enjoy a morning pick-me-up. Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol wants to revive that era—starting by adding hundreds of thousands of chairs back into its stores. "When it's truly a third place, I think ...