Lesson 1 Workplace Design
Jeremy Myerson
In brief
Also known as innovative workplaces．
As the knowledge-driven economy of the 21st century places a premium on generating new ideas and intellectual property，the creation of more-innovative workplaces in which fresh thinking can develop and teamwork can flourish has become a central preoccupation for senior managers in many different types of organization．
随着21世纪知识经济的溢价产生新的创意和知识产权，创造更有创意的工作场所可以开发新思维和团队精神能蓬勃发展，已成为关注的中心在许多不同类型的高级管理人员组织。
As a concept, the “innovative workplace” responds to a growing recognition within employing companies that the physical working environment can have a profound effect on an organization‟s culture and on the individual‟s performance．
Successive anthropological studies have demonstrated a proven connection between habitat and human behavior．历届人类学研究已经证明了一个成熟的栖息地和人类行为之间的连接Today，there is widespread acceptance that the traditional habitat for white-collar work—the modern office has significant shortcomings in terms of planning，layout，facilities and aesthetics．These shortcomings prevent organizations and individuals from working to their full potential in terms of innovating effectively．这些缺点，从工作方面的有效创新，以充分发挥其潜力的组织和个人..
Designing offices to release innovation potential within the organisation links the application of a number of design processes directly to the realization of organisational goals．These processes include space-planning，interior，architectural，furniture and lighting design．这些过程包括空间规划，室内设计，建筑，家具和照明设计
Designing innovative workplaces is not about creating visually “wacky”，attention-grabbing environments．It is about closely tailoring the physical environment to the requirements of developing new knowledge within the organisation．设计创新的工作场所，是不是创造视觉“古怪”，引人注目environments.It密切剪裁的要求开发新的知识在组织内的物理环境。
So what are the key issues at the heart of this concept? inside any organisation，it is important to ask searching questions about the current office environment---and look at how physical and spatial improvements and the provision of different equipment might support innovation practices．Are long stretches of dark corridor and closed doors really conducive to people sharing knowledge and ideas? Are anonymous meeting rooms booked by the hour ready the best setting for project teams to brainstorm and pin up ideas? Is a dowdy and cramped reception area really the ideal shop window for potential collaborators visiting your organisation for the first time? Are linear rows of metal desks under fluorescent strip lighting really enhancing the search
