image©ImaginaryFoundation

Workspace,placeandthespatialturn@ianellison15February2017

Foreducationalpurposesonly

NottobereproducedImagesmaybesubjecttocopyright

3

naturalscientist|socialscientist|sociologist

accidentalFMfor≈10years|inhouse/outsourced

researcher|facilitator|changeleader

Worthalisten…?!

yourbusiness

ourexpertise

research&wisdom

iTunes|Acast |@WpMpodcast

#WorkplaceMatters

http://stoddartreview.com@stoddartreview |#workplaceadvantage

images©‘PropCo/D&BCo’/ ‘ShareCo’

1. Context2. Approach3. Findings4. Implications?

image©USGS

1. Context

image©USGS

Churchill“Weshapeourdwellings,andthereaftertheyshapeus”

(Churchill,1941)

image©afp.com

We shape…

• Commons pic…

image©www.parliament.uk

Spacematters!

image©wall.alphacoders.com

image©pxleyes.com

image©AlvarezPhotography

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…

image©ImaginaryFoundation

Reflectionorcatalyst?

images©Ascendi /DigitalVision/Getty

Whatarewedesigningtoachieve?

• Controlà Visibility

• Commodityà Resource,brand

• Changeà Flexibility,empowerment

• Communityà Serendipity,participation

image©ImaginaryFoundation

“Iamthewisestmanalive,forIknowonething,andthatisthatIknownothing….”

TheDeathofSocratesbyJacques-LouisDavid,1787

Springboard.Openscope

Widelyinformed…Leap intotheunknown?

image©Jørgen Schyberg

2.Researchapproach

image©USGS

images©‘PropCo/D&BCo’/ ‘ShareCo’

Whatmatters…?

• Helps,hinders…

• Delights,disgusts…

• Withinworkspace…

• Beyondworkspace…

• Tangible,functional…

• Symbolic,meaningful…

image©123RF.com

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

image©USGS

images©‘PropCo’/ ‘D&BCo’

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…

image©Routledge

Whatarewedesigningtoachieve?

• Controlà Visibility

• Commodityà Resource,brand

• Changeà Flexibility,empowerment

• Communityà Serendipity,participation

image©ImaginaryFoundation

images©‘PropCo/D&BCo’/ ‘ShareCo’

‘Space-making’:managingfacilities

or

‘Place-making’:enablingcommunities

image©NationalGeographic

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?

image©pics-about-space.com

4. Implications?

image©USGS

Withinworkspace:essential

image©WikimediaCommons

image©WikimediaCommons

“Forme,it’saboutmakingsurethatwhenwegointoaworkplacewedon’tbecomedrones.Thatwestillretainourthinking,feelingsidesashumanbeings,andwe’reconnectedtotheexternalcommunity”

image©grebz.fr

Beyond the office - aspirational

• Workscapes• Felstead

Beyondworkspace:aspirational

image©i.imgur.com

“Workspaceisjustnottheofficeatall…Idon’tdoanyofmygenuineworkhere…IguessIconsiderrealworkwhenIamsolvingproblemsorusingmybrain,andhereI’mnot,IamproblablywritingupwhatIhavealreadythought”

image©wallfon.com

‘Workscapes’(Felsteadetal,2005)

• Workingin

‘collective’offices

• Workingfromhome

• Workingonthemove

• …andvariousothers

• Unique,bespoke,

meaningful networks• morethan‘mobility’

imagefromCoplin (2013)RSAAnimate

Weneedtodofarbetter…

“Thepoweriswithus,theproles”

Onelastthought

“Thefirstrevolutioniswhenyouchangeyourmindabouthowyoulookatthings,andseetheremightbeanotherwaytolookatitthatyouhavenotbeenshown.Whatyouseelateronistheresultsofthat…”

GilScott-Heron(1982)from

TheRevolutionWillNotBeTelevised(live)

image©unknown

iTunes|Acast |@WpMpodcast

#WorkplaceMatters

#powerofplace

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.

image©Popperfoto/Getty

Thankyou:)

@ianellisonian.ellison@3edges.co.uk

07595933219|@wpmpodcastimage©‘ShareCo’