Knowledge @ NeoCon
Haworth is excited to present the following presentations in our Chicago showroom during NeoCon 2010. Please visit our Showroom to reserve a space. Seating is limited. Each presentation is 45 minutes.
Profitable Collaboration- David Coleman, Collaborative Strategies
Available Monday, June 14 at 11:00 a.m. or Tuesday, June 15 at 10:00 a.m.
Collaboration is hot yet most organizations have invested millions to improve collaboration and are left with unsatisfying results. Many have learned that some collaboration can be worse than none at all. A quick assessment exercise, covering technology, culture, economics, and politics topics, will help identify key issues, and start the creation of a custom roadmap for organizational success and increased profit. Anecdotes and insights from David Coleman’s past 20 years of work and research on collaboration will serve as applicable examples to learn from. All attendees will receive a copy of David’s latest book 42 Rules for Successful Collaboration.
Organizational Culture and Its Influence on Workplace Settings- Mark Bridgman, Haworth
Available Monday, June 14 at 2:00 p.m or Tuesday, June 15 at 11:00 a.m.
Awareness and understanding of organizational culture is a crucial part to a companies’ success. Haworth has developed tools to identify organizational culture and the gaps between a company’s current culture and preferred culture. Mark Bridgman, an interior design consultant from the Haworth London office, will demonstrate these tools and share his knowledge on the various impacts, both negative and positive, that culture can have on an organization. Learn how the strategic approach of understanding your company’s culture can help to improve the workplace and support change.
The Art and Elegance of Veneer (CEU) - Greg Evans and Michael Wurth, Haworth
Available Monday, June 14 at 1:00 p.m. or Tuesday, June 15 at 4:00 p.m.
Wood is a natural product with unique variations that make each piece of wood furniture a “one-of-a-kind” piece of art. Explore the origin and history of the development of veneer as a commercial construction material, an understanding of veneer’s visual and structural characteristics and exposure to common challenges and pitfalls when using veneer as a material. After this discussion, please join us for a showroom tour featuring different wood applications.
mindshift: (CEU)- Bill Black, Haworth
Available Monday, June 14 at 4:00 p.m. or Tuesday, June 15 at 9:00 a.m.
Like many other industries, the profession of Architecture is facing new challenges and opportunities in a rapidly changing world. Adapting to change, meeting those challenges and capturing the opportunities require a new way of thinking. This is an introduction into to the findings of mindshift, a thought leadership group of multi-disciplined real estate individuals dedicated to holistic, collaborative and innovative thinking. Learn how one of your projects can become a mindshift project.
INNOVATRIUM: “Innovative Learning Solutions”- John DeGraff, Competing Values and Rick Perkins, Haworth
Available Monday, June 14 at 10:00 a.m. or Tuesday, June 15 at 2:00 p.m.
Learn how a joint effort between leading professors at the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business and Haworth, Inc. can help generate economic growth opportunities for organizations across the globe. Leveraging the Competing Values™ body of thought through 30 separate workshops in a unique facility, known as the Innovatrium, this effort also provides a powerful example of what the future of learning will look like. Meet John DeGraff from the Competing Values Company and learn how these workshops, along with the power of place, will help your clients find solutions to real world business needs.
Macquarie Group Case Study (Sydney, Australia) - Suzanna Chua and Pam Keefe, Haworth
Available Monday, June 14 at 9:00 a.m. or Tuesday, June 15 at 3:00 p.m.
Join us for an overview of L.A. based Clive Wilkinson Architects recently completed project for the financial giant Macquarie Group. No one gets an assigned seat, and everyone can choose a different work environment every day. These environments range from high-walled cubbies for writing report, to one-on-one meeting rooms for intense collaboration, to big comfortable lounges for group projects. This presentation shares the project research, an overview of applied “Activity Based Working” concepts, achieved savings and how Haworth supported the project execution through our Harmony Managed Sourcing Program.
Alternative Workplace Strategies in the Current Economy- Joe Ouye, NewWOW and Gabor Nagy, Haworth
Available Monday, June 14 at 3:00 p.m. or Tuesday, June 15 at 1:00 p.m.
Alternative workplace strategy (AWS) is coming of age as a mainstream practice for lean, effective operations. Understanding which strategies are working, who is adopting these strategies and how they are being impacted by the current economic environment was the result of the second annual Alternative Workplace Benchmarking Study conducted by New Ways of Working Network (NewWOW). Representing about 4.5 million employees, more than 100 companies participated globally in this study. Joe Aki Ouye from NewWOW will share how this knowledge can inform your clients’ corporate real estate strategies.
If you are interested in attending one of these sessions, please join us in Chicago at Haworth’s showroom. Haworth Showroom 312 | Merchandise Mart | Chicago, IL.