Collaborative Work Spaces - Part 1
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The document discusses the importance of collaborative workspaces in enhancing creativity through the synthesis of existing ideas across various domains. It emphasizes the need for both individual concentration and team collaboration in different phases of the creative process, while highlighting the role of physical proximity in fostering interactions among team members. Additionally, it questions how remote work can facilitate connections and knowledge transfer, drawing attention to the need for mechanisms that support serendipitous interactions in virtual environments.
Collaborative Work Spaces - Part 1
- 2. WORK
- 4. Synthesis We’re not creating something from nothing. Rather, we’re combining existing ideas, patterns and concepts in pursuit of solutions to specific problems. To do this, we leverage existing bodies of knowledge – across industries, institutions, and individuals.
- 5. http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/4991.html http://www.bnet.com/2403-13056_23-190685.html CONCENTRATION vs COLLABORATION Different phases of the creative process benefit from different environments. Periods of individual focus, as well as periods of team interaction, are both necessary. http://www.flickr.com/photos/musigny/500928433/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuan2003/130559143/
- 6. Offices need the sort of social milieu that Jane Jacobs found on the sidewalks of the West Village.” Malcolm Gladwell Designs For Working http://www.gladwell.com/2000/2000_12_11_a_working.htm “ http://www.flickr.com/photos/8375568@N03/3021942336/
- 7. PROXIMITY Thomas Allen of MIT is considered one of the progenitors of modern office design. In a ten-year study of engineers in R&D labs, Allen found that Proximity matters: People interact most with those located close to them; people seated more than seventy-five feet apart rarely interact at all. http://bit.ly/ProximityMatters http://www.flickr.com/photos/davesag/71441707/
- 8. R E M O T E What if you’re 2000 miles away from the people you’re working with? http://www.flickr.com/photos/veo/235721900
- 9. We are connected by networks of computers, devices, and documents http://www.flickr.com/photos/porternovelli/3212919866/in/set-72157611051629857
- 10. But are we truly connected? http://www.flickr.com/photos/porternovelli/3212919866/in/set-72157611051629857
- 11. What’s the online equivalent of running into someone in the corridor or break room?
- 12. ? How can we create opportunities, within our normal work routine, to leave trails of activity, and enable serendipitous connections, which enable knowledge transfer, collaboration, and relationship building?