The key to successful cooperation
New technologies have made inroads into our lives and transformed teamwork into one of the most important issues in our businesses. More and more companies are realising that successful cooperation among employees can lead to a significant increase in performance. At Google, around half of the 10,000-strong product development staff works in small teams comprising an average of three members.
More efficient working procedures thanks to improved communication
In open office structures, workstations are arranged in a way that enables employees involved in joint processes to communicate directly with one another. This results not only in a drastic reduction in e-mail traffic and more efficient working procedures, it also makes the employees concerned feel more involved and integrated within their group. Studies have shown that there are four different kinds of teamwork: pair work, work in small groups, formal meetings and spontaneous exchange among colleagues.
Creating space for communication
Companies are home to a treasure trove of tacit knowledge that is rarely spoken of or entered into databases, and can only be passed on via personal exchange. Modern office planning must take these developments into account, while also taking a solicitous approach to space as a resource. Workstations are becoming smaller and more vertically organised, while peripheral areas are growing: in addition to areas that allow for concentrated work, WSA also develops inspiring zones that encourage communication and facilitate efficient knowledge and data exchange.
Successful room concepts motivate people to collaborate: eeting points for spontaneous, informal knowledge exchange become increasingly important where teamwork is involved.
A completely new generation of conference furniture
This spring, worldwide leading office furniture manufacturer and WSA partner Steelcase will launch High Performance Collaboration, an exciting new series of conferencing products that considerably simplify access to and exchange of information within teams and create an inspiring, creative atmosphere within a company.
media:scape und media:scape lounge by Steelcase are newly developed combinations of furniture and media technology that intuitively support quick and direct exchange among colleagues.
» to media:scape overview
Teamwork chairs: Teamwork calls not only for a completely different sitting posture than individual work, but also completely different chairs. Chairs that everyone involved considers to be comfortable and also aid concentration during longer meetings or training sessions.
» to the overview of the new Steelcase conference chairs
Mobile elements for quick meetings: The mobile conferencing tools by Steelcase enable meeting rooms to be adapted easily and quickly to the needs of their users at any time. » the conferencing tools overview
Do you have any questions about teamwork, efficiency or new communication
and meeting areas?
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