Around the world, businesses are struggling with big challenges: how to speed innovation, how to accelerate learning and culture change, how to connect leaders more authentically with each other and other employees, how to be global and local in ways that really matter. The pressing vectors of new technologies and the pace of change only amplify these challenges.<\/p>\n
While physical space alone can\u2019t overcome every hurdle an organization faces, it definitely can make a difference in a powerful way. \u201cOne thing that I\u2019m convinced about is that companies know they need to change to be able to grow,\u201d says Ludwig. \u201cThe old ways of doing things\u2014whether it\u2019s the two-person office in Germany or the universal-planning fields of cubicles in the United States\u2014those things have to change for companies to have a competitive advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the newest Steelcase Learning and Innovation Center, new habits are already taking shape. Employees and visitors are discovering the power of connections.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted a place where people could come together to build trust, collaborate and learn. All of these activities propel new ideas and different ways of thinking to help us grow.\u201d <\/p>Jim KeaneSteelcase<\/span><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n
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