![]() ![]() “Creative Spaces were clearly designed to bridge the current gap between place and technology and to help creative work happen more naturally.”Ĭreative work requires many brain states, including the need to balance active group work with solitude and individual think time. ![]() “Most employees are still working with outdated technology and in places that are rooted in the past, which makes it difficult for them to work in new, creative ways,” said Bob O’Donnell, president, founder and chief analyst at TECHnalysis Research. “Creative Spaces were clearly designed to bridge the current gap between place and technology and to help creative work happen more naturally.” Bob O’Donnell President, Founder and Chief Analyst at TECHnalysis Research “With Steelcase, we have the compelling opportunity to blend place and technology into a seamless setting that allows our most important assets, people, unlock their creativity and share that with others. Devices like Surface Studio and Surface Hub are fundamentally designed around how people naturally create, connect and collaborate.” says Ryan Gavin, general manager, Microsoft Surface. “Every Microsoft Surface device strives to enable the creator in each of us. “Every Microsoft Surface device strives to enable the creator in each of us.” Ryan Gavin General Manager, Microsoft Surface Additionally, spaces should inspire people without compromising performance. People need to work alone, in pairs and in different size groups throughout a creative process, and they need a range of devices that are mobile and integrated into the physical workplace. The companies’ joint exploration of creative work found the creativity process requires diverse work modes as well as different types of technology. Together, Microsoft and Steelcase will help organizations thoughtfully integrate place and technology to encourage creative behaviors at work.” “We believe that everyone has the capacity for creative thinking and people are happier doing creative, productive work. ![]() They require a new creative way of thinking and a very different work process,” says Sara Armbruster, vice president of strategy, research and new business innovation for Steelcase. “The problems we face at work today are much more complex than they used to be. The study also reveals the connection between creativity and privacy, as employees ranked having a place to work without disruption as the second highest factor that could improve creativity, just behind the need for more time to think. There is greater need to collaborate, yet only 25% of respondents feel they can be creative in the places they currently have available for group work. Joint research released today by the two companies reveals the pressure people feel about the shift toward more creative work: The result: The conditions for creativity at work are often not optimal.Įxplore Creative Spaces and the Microsoft and Steelcase partnership.įormer Steelcase CEO Jim Keane shares how people are at the center of this new partnership. Yet, despite the desire to harness creativity, many organizations don’t think about their investments in technology and space holistically. The two companies are introducing Creative Spaces, a jointly developed range of technology-enabled work spaces designed to foster creative thinking at work.Ĭreativity is a critical 21st century job skill driven by organizations’ need for innovation and growth, and employees’ desire for more meaningful work, according to research conducted by the two companies. That’s one reason why Steelcase and Microsoft announced a partnership today to help people enhance these critical behaviors at work. It is a process in which we all can engage and all need to encourage. Creativity is not only the domain of artists and musicians. We face global issues that require all of us to unleash our creative potential to solve problems, make new connections and generate ideas. ![]() Steelcase and Microsoft introduce Creative Spaces - a range of places and technologies to enable the creative process. ![]()
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