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Categories:Welcome to the New Ways of Working Network
We are an interactive network of organizational innovators - people who are transforming their work environment – or preparing to do so. We take an integrated approach to workplace change, combining corporate real estate, human resources, and information technology. Our members are an intriguing mix of experts from the fields of workspace design, technology and real estate/facilities. Plus, our organization is enriched by the contributions of respected academic researchers and knowledgeable consultants who participate in New WOW events and report preparation, sharing their insights and latest research.
We are an interactive network of organizational innovators - people who are transforming their work environment – or preparing to do so. We take an integrated approach to workplace change, combining corporate real estate, human resources, and information technology. Our members are an intriguing mix of experts from the fields of workspace design, technology and real estate/facilities. Plus, our organization is enriched by the contributions of respected academic researchers and knowledgeable consultants who participate in New WOW events and report preparation, sharing their insights and latest research.
Annnouncing Symposium VI: Generation Y and the Workplace
Categories:The theme of our next symposium will be Generation Y and the Workplace. It will feature a in-progress report from the OXYGENZ research team of Maria Puyabaraud of Johnson Controls, Kate North, Jay Brand, and Sally Augustin of Haworth, and Simon Russell of IDEA. The OXYGENZ reseearch seeks to understand how important the workplace is to attracting, recruiting and retaining Generational Y workers.
GSA Joins Network
Categories:The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has joined NewWOW. GSA's representative to NewWOW is Kevin Powell, Director of Research, Office of Applied Science, GSA, Public Buildings Service.
Kevin’s group, the Office of Applied Science, currently has 20 Active Projects in three key research areas:
- Adopt sustainability practices and high performance building strategies
- Improve workplace effectiveness
- Optimize building delivery, energy efficiency and operations.
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Recent research: Intercultural Collaboration in Global Teams
Categories:NewWOW commissioned a research paper, Intercultural Collaboration in Global Teams by Professors Pamela Hinds and Catherine Cramton. This paper was presented at the 5th NewWOW Symposium, held July 13-16 2008 in San Jose, CA> The authors describe the challenges and opportunities in intercultural collaboration and the impact of culture on best practices for globally distributed work teams. They provided a framework for thinking about cultural differences and intercultural collaboration in globally distributed teams.
Prominence Ranking:
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Symposium V
Categories:NewWOW’s fifth symposium was held July 13 through July 16, 2008 in San Jose, California. We explored the impact of culture on best practices for distributed work groups. Our keynoter was Professor Pamela Hinds of Stanford University, who also wrote a research paper on the subject for the Symposium. Her research helped us understand how culture could affect perception and acceptance of distributed work practices, and by implication, whether different work practices would be needed when distant teams included people from different cultures.
Nokia, Applied Materials, Cisco, RTKL & Stanford University Join Newwow Network
Categories:NewWOW welcomes several new members in the network: Nokia, Applied Materials, Cisco Systems, RTKL and Stanford University.
April Tertulia - Strategies for Capturing Business in Integrated Workplace and Real Estate Project Markets
Categories:Our spring Tertulia, on April 24, 2008 featured Michael Joroff, Senior Lecturer, MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Mattias Bergman, Principal of the Infrastructure Solutions Group and Anthony Townsend, Institute For The Future.
White Paper: Distributed Work Group Practices by Eric Richert
Categories:Eric Richert, principal of 8 Corners Consulting and the former director of Sun Microsystem’s Open Work Practice, prepared a research paper that analyzes the work practices and success factors that managers and employees use to work at a distance. It aims to provide answers to the question: "What do we do
to make distributed work situations work well?”
What do workplace studies say about workspace choice?
Categories:What do workplace studies say about workspace choice?
A NewWOW member posted a study he co-authored on workplace environment and performance. It explored how distractions, workspace flexibility, and personal control of work environment influences perceived job performance, job satisfaction, group cohesiveness, and the tendency to work alone or in an enclosed area. The study prompted a spirited discussion among members, especially about the issue of workplace choice.
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