New Ways of Working Network

The December 2010 roundtable discussion addressed the topic, The Psychological Impact of Workplace Design, and included time for many thoughtful questions. Our panel included: Dr. Sally Augustin, PlaceCoach, Dr. Jay Brand, Haworth, and Dr. Craig Knight, Exeter University, Great Britain. They shared insights about the latest research on the psychological impacts of workplace design.

I took quick notes, which include key points, panelist bios, and a suggested reading list.

In addition, we recorded the second hour of the event (the first hour disappeared in a technical glitch). You can listen to the recording by visiting: https://newwow.webex.com/newwow/ldr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=47914397&rKey=84...

Joe and I combined our notes from our most recent roundtable (tertulia). The topic: Problem – You Need to Increase Your Workforce by 50% While Shrinking Real Estate Holdings, How Do You Do It?

It featured a panel with Chris Hood, Program Manager, the HP Workplace at Hewlett-Packard, Clark Sept, Co-Founder, Business Place Strategies
 and Mark Wartenberg, Founding Partner, Co3 Group, Ltd.

We recorded the session on WebEx. The link to the recording is: https://newwow.webex.com/cmp0306lb/webcomponents/docshow/docshow.do?isPl...

Our notes include the chat session as well.

These are the slides accompanying Bruce's presentation at the December 10, 2009 tertulia panel discussion. They include an explanation of what corporate social responsibility (CRE) is, its relationship to green initiatives, current goals. It also includes a brief description of the company's remote work program “Applied Anywhere.” About 3,000 employees (20%) worldwide participate and therefore have no dedicated seat. This reduced facility costs by by >$3.2M (due to office closures) A2 participants reported a 72% reduction in CO2 emissions (over 300,000 lbs/yr).

We have posted the following documents from the September 24, 2009 virtual tertulia:
- Slide presentation for Tertulia: Work 2020. This deck also contains annotated notes made during the presentations and discussions.
- Notes from the Tertulia.
- Chatroom file.

Rob Edmonds is a Senior Consultant at SRI Consulting, Business Intelligence. He spoke about tools for collaboration, and especially about Enterprise 2.0 tools. This PowerPoint accompanied his presentation at the April 2009 Tertulia. The agenda of the talk covered:

• Segmenting collaboration & learning tools
• The impact of Enterprise 2.0
• The emerging role of video and location technologies
• The impact on the security model
• From here to there

Eilif Trondsen is Director, Virtual Worlds @ Work, at SRI Consulting, Business Intelligence. He spoke about the role virtual worlds (VWs) may play in the future of collaborative work at the April 2009 Tertulia. This PowerPoint accompanied his presentation. The agenda of his talk covered:

• Brief Primer: Terminology and definitions
• Current state of adoption
• VW platform perspectives
• Applications and benefits of VWs
• Role and benefits of using VWs for collaborative work
• Survey on potential value of using VWs for collaborative work