Johnson Controls has self-funded a large body of research on the workplace. One of the results is a paper called “The Smart Workplace of 2030”. The language of the paper suggests that the current trend we see toward community space, with emphasis on collaboration and innovation, will be in full maturity in 2030. The “Key Outputs” are defined as:
The permanent physical location of work is the Hive
Work grows through Cloud Networks
The Eco Office becomes intelligent growth zones where individuals with a common interest meet and collaborate
Collective knowledge zones form a powerful collective intelligence, which is then automatically scanned, recorded and classified to use in business results
Our technology solutions are intuitive, embedded in our environment and non intrusive, yet controllable by each individual
The Smart Worker is equipped with remarkable technological tools and solutions, intuitive systems and solutions
The approach of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is vitally important to our work with our customers’ organizations.
As we continue to enter worlds of work that focus of what are traditionally called “softer” aspects of the human condition (feelings, behaviors, caring, relationship, etc.) we must understand the confluence of ideas that are presented in this paper. Written in 2002, the paper makes a compelling case for integrating our sentient and rational thinking approach to architecture with our intuitive and emotional cognitions so we may approach architecture from the relationships between people within the place; i.e. Relationship Architecture.
This paper “Remembering, Repeating, and Working-Through“ is noteworthy not only because of its early appearance in the psychological academic literature 96 years ago, but because of the profound insight that it has on our work at BHDP today. The title directs the reader toward the technique of psycho-analysis, which in 1914, was less than 20 years in the making since Freud popularized his work. However, for us, the message can be applied today to the nature of adult “change”. It is as if the author has tapped into a deep intuitive understanding of the very difficult nature of the change process in an adults, healthy or otherwise.
