Why is this topic important?
- 70% of the US workforce is in an open office environment.
- The key to success is a good mix of spaces for different activities
- Distribution of work time (according to Business Week, July 2013):
- ½ time in focused work
- ¼ time in collaborations
- ¼ time allocated to learning, socializing and other tasks
Objective of this Program: Provide people with the skills to work productively in an Open Office Space Environment.
- Setting a useful perspective.
- A move to open offices constitutes major change.
- The group examines the data and reactions to change and the need to adapt.
- We summarize both benefits and challenges to working in an Open Space office environment.
- Learning the seven keys to productivity and best practices for working successfully within this environment.
- Respect for others is the number one core value in successfully coexisting in an open office culture.
- This program candidly addresses the annoying habits that drive people crazy in an Open Office environment and how to deal with them.
- Obtaining the primary team benefits of an open office environment through more collaboration and interaction with one another.
- As a group, participants begin the process of establishing Open Office Space “neighborhood” protocols around privacy, interruptions, smells, noise, meeting rooms, cleanliness, etc.
- With more “togetherness,” the Who’s Who in the Zoo communication technology is taught so participants learn to communicate more effectively with one another.