The 12th workshop will be in Lillehammer this summer. I will attend and am currently writting my paper called: Why offices? I am writting about “the post-telework condition”. Technology makes it possible to work anywhere, anytime, and thus many people spread their time in client’s offices, in planes, trains, at home as well as in the office. Somehow it seems that we still need offices, but what is its role today?
I will investigate the changing role of the workplace amid the other confetti of transitional spaces people use as their working environment. In order for companies to attract and retain high quality staff they need to take this renewed importance of the workplace into consideration. The role of the office today is to act as a catalyst in company culture creation as well as team building, collaborating, learning, and knowledge sharing.