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It wasn’tquite as dramatic as the high-flying, pre-recession days, but after years of economic upheaval and the dumbing-down effects of aggressively priced commodity products from Asia, there was evidence of fresh thinking and design-led investment from some of the larger companies.
“Everybody wants a place where they can get people together to collaborate,” said Marc Schneiderman of SmithGroup at the inaugural Work Design Talk at Kimball Office in Washington, DC.
What do “innovation” and “collaboration” mean to you? By applying an innovation-readiness framework like the 12 points, we can create deliberate and measurable practices for being creative in the virtual world and physical workplace, alike.
Despite the cold weather, more than 55,000 people flocked to Clerkenwell Design Week in London to peruse 50 permanent showrooms and many more temporary exhibitions inside a variety of interesting buildings, popups, and outdoor sites.
Over the course of two days at WORKTECH NY, the focus of conversations shifted from serendipity to data. Increasingly, we are measuring the performance of our designs very differently than we were just a few years ago.
Despite the possible onset of a universal and somewhat bland style of workplace, many successful companies such as Cisco, Microsoft, Nike, and Virgin Atlantic demonstrate that expressing their unique cultures in their workplace, is a key component in maintaining and uniting a successful workforce.
These innovative workplace solutions must be resilient on all levels to address the urban, communal, organizational, and individual challenges of “The New Normal” for the foreseeable future.
An effective, cost-efficient work environment is an essential consideration for most businesses. So it comes as no surprise cubicle workstations have dominated office design for decades. Yet imagine entering an office where cubicles never really caught on…
The shift toward more collaborative workspaces started a decade ago with forward-thinking companies in Silicon Valley. They were the first in the United States…
Three things will have a radical impact on the workplace in the next five years, according to Ben Waber, president and CEO of Sociometric Solutions — and the author of “People Analytics.”
I walked away from CIFF realizing the huge potential U.S. manufactures have in looking to China for partnerships. If we’re willing to provide them with our innovation and design, they could match us with impressive manufacturing power and quality.
The technology rich world in which we find ourselves completely supports mobile work. Should we elect or be asked to do so, the infrastructure exists to allow us to be productive from nearly anywhere in the world.