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Disrupting Workspace

Designing an Office that Inspires Collaboration and Innovation

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ID5948545
AuthorsRyoko Imai (Center For Social Innovation, corresponding author), Masahide Ban (Hitachi (Japan), corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume2016
Issue1
Pages444-464
Publication date2016-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnographic Praxis in Industry Conference Proceedings (CONFERENCE)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1559-890X • E-ISSN: 1559-8918
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1559-8918.2016.01103
OpenAlexW2558759996
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited6

Hitachi America's R&D, comprised of five technical laboratories, opened the Center for Social Innovation in January, 2016. When the new office project emerged, the R&D group used the opportunity to reflect on and strengthen collaborative practices, organizational culture, and our customer engagement approach. We conducted an internal ethnographic study to investigate how space was used in our previous office, and based on our findings designed a new office space to facilitate collaboration and innovation for our group

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Citations per year0.17
Citation span2020 - 2020 (1)
Highly citedNo

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