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The Next Office: Why CEOs Are Paying Attention: Issue 63

Executives everywhere are being asked to deliver higher performance from every company asset. Yet they often overlook an asset that’s both highly leverageable and pivotal to the organization’s success: the office. Like all executives around the world, Steelcase president…

Tags: Collaboration, Competitive Advantage, Interconnected Workplace, WorkCafé
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It’s All In A Day’s Work: Issue 63

Lauren Renner represents much of what’s refreshing and new about business today. At 26, she’s a part of Gen Y, the young people who are seemingly comfortable with all technology, eager to learn from everyone, ready and willing to collaborate with…

Tags: Collaboration, Interconnected Workplace, media:scape
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Texas Tech University: Case Study

A new group work area in the main library at Texas Tech University (TTU) takes a decidedly nontraditional approach to library space, and as a result has become one of the most popular places on campus.

Tags: Collaboration, Education, media:scape

Vodafone (NL): Case Study

Vodafone’s head office in Maastricht, The Netherlands has been transformed according to a concept based on ‘mobile working’. The concept “The Changing Workplace” was developed by Tjeu Verheijen in cooperation with workplace experts OCS Workplaces and Steelcase Netherlands.

Tags: Collaboration, Design, Innovation, Interconnected Workplace

Telus: Case Study

TELUS is a leading telecommunications provider in Canada. Like many organizations in its industry, TELUS has grown dramatically in recent years, both organically and through strategic acquisitions. Newly merged organizations need to leverage economies of scope and scale…

Tags: Brand & Culture, Collaboration

Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc.: Case Study

Horizon Healthcare Services, the oldest and largest health insurer in New Jersey, faced a challenge not uncommon in business: how could they accommodate more people in less real estate, yet create a workplace that better supports how people…

Tags: Collaboration, Real Estate Utilization

Vodafone: Case Study

Orchestrating the transition to an new organizational culture and work environment. Companies everywhere are scrambling to adapt to a more global, mobile, and collaborative business model. Few companies, however, are taking advantage of these changes like Vodafone, the…

Tags: Brand & Culture, Collaboration

Accenture, Houston: Case Study

Like other companies, Accenture wanted to address the empty office issue, but they wanted to do more. The workplace, they reasoned, should exemplify the high performance the company is known for, and actually help people attain higher levels…

Tags: Brand & Culture, Collaboration, Design, Interconnected Workplace, Real Estate Utilization

Is Your Workplace Ready for the Interconnected World?: Issue 62

Can it handle the global, mobile, nonstop reality of business today? Because that’s the new reality for globally integrated enterprises. Business is increasingly a team sport that leverages technology to cross borders and time zones. Work is more…

Tags: Collaboration, Global, Infragistics, Interconnected Workplace, Skype, Technology
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Creating Workplaces for Wellbeing: Issue 62

For employers all over the world, wellbeing is gaining attention fast as a business issue — for good reason. Especially for knowledge workers, over-the-top complexity has given rise to a host of under-met human needs. That’s a big…

Tags: Collaboration, Healthcare, Humana, Wellbeing
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How Steelcase is Rethinking the Workplace: Issue 62

The Steelcase headquarters building opened in 1983, when an office meant bulky computers, high panels, and long rows of lateral files. Digital storage, cell phones, and the mobile workforce were a long way off. The building’s five floors and 360,000…

Tags: Collaboration, Innovation
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Why Collaboration Gets All the Buzz: Issue 62

Collaboration is critical, trending up right now, and unlikely to fade. Here’s why: Whatever your job, you work pretty much like other knowledge workers. Whether you’re a project manager, purchasing agent, or partner in a law firm, you…

Tags: Collaboration
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Q & A: Daniel Pink: Issue 62

The best selling author on right-brain thinking, great workspaces, and the “grilled cheese option” A former speechwriter for Al Gore, Daniel Pink now cuts an impressive speech-making path of his own: his website lists a practically nonstop schedule…

Tags: Business, Collaboration, Innovation, Workplace
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Allison & Partners: Case Study

Allison & Partners, one of the fastest growing public relations firms in North America, was bursting at the seams of its New York offices. It needed a new workplace that would further the agency’s workstyle of open communication…

Tags: Brand & Culture, Collaboration, Professional Services

Virginia Commonwealth University: Case Study

Colleges and universities are under increasing pressure to better prepare students for the knowledge economy, so they are transforming their teaching methods, reconsidering how they use technology, and rethinking how the classroom can best support learning. At Virginia…

Tags: Collaboration, Education, Information Technology, media:scape

Northview High School: Case Study

A two-month study at Northview High School confirms that the node chair transforms the traditional classroom into a more interactive, dynamic teaching and learning environment. Read how node changes the classroom experience and promotes active learning.

Tags: Arts, Collaboration, Education

Leveraging Complexity: Issue 61

Business today is global, interconnected, and highly complex. Here’s how space can help manage – even leverage – the way work gets done, and make life a bit more sane. How did business get to be so round-the-clock frenetic, complicated,…

Tags: Collaboration, Global, Innovation, Technology, Wellbeing
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Stanford d.school: Case Study

The d.School’s philosophy holds that space, furniture, tools, and technology are integral to pedagogy. Students are encouraged to display their ideas and work in progress. See how they use their space to promote behaviors critical to design thinking,…

Tags: Collaboration, Education, media:scape, node chair, Video

University of Michigan: Case Study

The University of Michigan takes a fresh approach to their classrooms, implementing a strategy that includes engagement, collaboration and flexibility. A variety of classroom set-ups and solutions offer students a variety of classroom experiences. Each incorporating collaborative tools…