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Workspace,placeandthespatialturn@ianellison15February2017
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naturalscientist|socialscientist|sociologist
accidentalFMfor≈10years|inhouse/outsourced
researcher|facilitator|changeleader
Worthalisten…?!
yourbusiness
ourexpertise
research&wisdom
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1. Context2. Approach3. Findings4. Implications?
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1. Context
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Churchill“Weshapeourdwellings,andthereaftertheyshapeus”
(Churchill,1941)
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We shape…
• Commons pic…
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Spacematters!
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Workspacematters
• Industry,
organisations,
academics,
media
• OliverBurkeman
• Satan• JeremyPaxman
• NigelOseland
• Everyone…
Butspace
isnot place…image©wall.alphacoders.com
(work)space+culture
=(work)placeAfterBeard&Price(2013)etc
Theduality ofspaceandplace“Thephysicalenvironmentisnotpurelyphysical…physicalandsocialenvironmentscontainoneanother,frameoneanother,infuence...oneanother–buttheyarenot asone”(Cairns,2002,p.818)
…sociallyproduced…
…sociallyproducing…
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Reflectionorcatalyst?
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Whatarewedesigningtoachieve?
• Controlà Visibility
• Commodityà Resource,brand
• Changeà Flexibility,empowerment
• Communityà Serendipity,participation
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“Iamthewisestmanalive,forIknowonething,andthatisthatIknownothing….”
TheDeathofSocratesbyJacques-LouisDavid,1787
Springboard.Openscope
Widelyinformed…Leap intotheunknown?
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2.Researchapproach
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Whatmatters…?
• Helps,hinders…
• Delights,disgusts…
• Withinworkspace…
• Beyondworkspace…
• Tangible,functional…
• Symbolic,meaningful…
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1.Ponder
2.Capture
3.Discuss
4.Confirm
WhatIneedyoutodo…
Ellison(2017,inprep)
Provider Userboth
responsestoachieve
collective&individual
identities
(mis)perceivedworkspace
intentions&alternatives
storagesolutionuse&
symbolism
opportunity&inspiration
throughconnectivity
visualtools
knowledgefacilities
brandaffinity
team&clientsocialising
hierarchyspatialarrangement
changeconsultation
agileworkingpros,
cons&protocols
locationchoice&autonomy
socialaffordancesof
food&drink
health,nature&wellbeing
work-lifeboundary
socialresponsibility
achieving&belonging
toacommunity
selflessversus
selfishbehaviour
conventionalworkspace
wisdom&itschallenges
location,entrancesequence
&brandforuserexperience
tensionsandtrade-offs
withworkspacein-use
spatialgenerosityand
permissiveness
holisticsocio-spatialdesign
tolerance,experimentation
&learning
behavioural nudges
Sole-occup
ancy
Co-w
orking
bothNarrativesabout…
Ellison(2017,inprep)
3. Threekeyfindingsfortoday
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1(a)Howweconceive space (asproviders)
1(b)…isn’tquitehowwe(all)live it
“tryingtoalmostcaptureadayinthelife…onethatcaught,effectivelythefacetsofworkandlife…it’slifeexaggerated”
“thisimmersiveexperiencethatwetryandcreate…actuallytouchesmylife,andmostpeople’slives,formoments”
Ellison(2017,inprep)
2.Differentwaysto‘doworkspace’
• ‘Space-making’versus
‘Place-making’
• SeeWork&Placeissue#7 formore
aboutthis…
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Whatarewedesigningtoachieve?
• Controlà Visibility
• Commodityà Resource,brand
• Changeà Flexibility,empowerment
• Communityà Serendipity,participation
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‘Space-making’:managingfacilities
or
‘Place-making’:enablingcommunities
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Provider Userboth
responsestoachieve
collective&individual
identities
(mis)perceiveworkspace
intentions&alternatives
storagesolutionuse&
symbolism
opportunity&inspiration
throughconnectivity
visualtools
knowledgefacilities
brandaffinity
team&clientsocialising
hierarchyspatialarrangement
changeconsultation
agileworkingpros,cons&
protocols
locationchoice&autonomysocialaffordancesof
food&drinkhealth,nature&wellbeing
work-lifeboundarysocialresponsibility
achieving&belonging
toacommunity
selflessversus
selfishbehaviour
conventionalworkspace
wisdom&itschallenges
location,entrancesequence
&brandforuserexperience
tensionsandtrade-offswith
workspacein-use
spatialgenerosityand
permissiveness
holisticsocio-spatialdesign
tolerance,experimentation&
learning
behavioural nudges
Sole-occup
ancy
Co-w
orking
both
3.Whatdoeseveryone talkabout…?
Ellison(2017,inprep)
>Choiceoflocation+autonomytochoose>Thesocialaffordancesoffoodanddrink>>Theimportanceofhealthandnatureforindividualandcollectivewell-being>>>Negotiatingthework-lifeboundary>>>Engaginginsociallyresponsibleactivity
Comfortable,healthy,happy?
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4. Implications?
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Withinworkspace:essential
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“Forme,it’saboutmakingsurethatwhenwegointoaworkplacewedon’tbecomedrones.Thatwestillretainourthinking,feelingsidesashumanbeings,andwe’reconnectedtotheexternalcommunity”
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Beyond the office - aspirational
• Workscapes• Felstead
Beyondworkspace:aspirational
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“Workspaceisjustnottheofficeatall…Idon’tdoanyofmygenuineworkhere…IguessIconsiderrealworkwhenIamsolvingproblemsorusingmybrain,andhereI’mnot,IamproblablywritingupwhatIhavealreadythought”
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‘Workscapes’(Felsteadetal,2005)
• Workingin
‘collective’offices
• Workingfromhome
• Workingonthemove
• …andvariousothers
• Unique,bespoke,
meaningful networks• morethan‘mobility’
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Weneedtodofarbetter…
“Thepoweriswithus,theproles”
Onelastthought
“Thefirstrevolutioniswhenyouchangeyourmindabouthowyoulookatthings,andseetheremightbeanotherwaytolookatitthatyouhavenotbeenshown.Whatyouseelateronistheresultsofthat…”
GilScott-Heron(1982)from
TheRevolutionWillNotBeTelevised(live)
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ShelfdevelopmentBaldry,C.(1999).Space:TheFinalFrontier.Sociology,33 (3),535-553.
Cairns,G.(2002).Aesthetics,MoralityandPower:Designas
EspousedFreedomandImplicitControl.HumanRelations,55(7),799-820.
Coplin,D.(2013)RSAAnimate– Re-imaginingWork,https://youtu.be/G11t6XAIce0
Donald,I.(1994).Managementandchangeinoffice
environments.JournalofEnvironmentalPsychology,14,21-30.Dourish,P.(2006,November).Re-space-ing place:placeandspacetenyearson.InProceedingsofthe200620thanniversaryconferenceonComputersupportedcooperativework (pp.299-308).ACM.
Ellison(2016)Work&Place Lefebvrearticle.Availableat:http://workplaceinsight.net/wp-
content/uploads/2016/04/WorkPlace7-1.pdf
Felstead,A.,Jewson,N.&Walters,S.(2005).ChangingPlacesofWork.PalgraveMacmillan.
Harrison,S.,&Dourish,P.(1996,November).Re-place-ingspace:therolesofplaceandspaceincollaborativesystems.InProceedingsofthe1996ACMconferenceonComputersupportedcooperativework (pp.67-76).ACM.
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