{"id":9452,"date":"2017-03-06T13:19:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/eu-en\/?p=9452"},"modified":"2023-11-15T15:38:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T15:38:26","slug":"microsoft-steelcase-partner-boost-creative-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/eu-en\/research\/articles\/topics\/collaboration\/microsoft-steelcase-partner-boost-creative-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft and Steelcase Partner to Boost Creative Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Steelcase and Microsoft introduce Creative Spaces &#8212; a range of places and technologies to enable the creative process.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The future needs creative thinkers. We face global issues that require all of us to unleash our creative potential to solve problems, make new connections and generate ideas. Creativity is not only the domain of artists and musicians. It is a process in which we all can engage and all need to encourage. That\u2019s one reason why Steelcase and Microsoft announced a partnership today to help people enhance these critical behaviors at work. The two companies are introducing Creative Spaces, a jointly developed range of technology-enabled work spaces designed to foster creative thinking at work.<\/p>\n<p>Creativity is a critical 21st century job skill driven by organizations\u2019 need for innovation and growth, and employees\u2019 desire for more meaningful work, according to research conducted by the two companies. \u00a0Yet, despite the desire to harness creativity, many organizations don\u2019t think about their investments in technology and space holistically. The result: The conditions for creativity at work are often not optimal.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a class=\"link-highlight\" href=\"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/microsoft-steelcase\/creativity\/?utm_source=blog\">Explore Creative Spaces<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Explore Creative Spaces and the Microsoft and Steelcase partnership.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link-highlight\" href=\"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/blog\/jim-keane-future-work-microsoft\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former Steelcase CEO Jim Keane shares how people are at the center of this new partnership.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Joint research released today by the two companies reveals the pressure people feel about the shift toward more creative work:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9462\" src=\"https:\/\/steelcase-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_limit,dpr_auto,q_70,h_1024,w_1024\/v1488572568\/www.steelcase.com\/2017\/03\/03\/17-0079149.jpg\" alt=\"17-0079149\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is greater need to collaborate, yet only 25% of respondents feel they can be creative in the places they currently have available for group work.<\/p>\n<p>The study also reveals the connection between creativity and privacy, as employees ranked having a place to work without disruption as the second highest factor that could improve creativity, just behind the need for more time to think.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problems we face at work today are much more complex than they used to be. They require a new creative way of thinking and a very different work process,\u201d says Sara Armbruster, vice president of strategy, research and new business innovation for Steelcase. \u201cWe believe that everyone has the capacity for creative thinking and people are happier doing creative, productive work. Together, Microsoft and Steelcase will help organizations thoughtfully integrate place and technology to encourage creative behaviors \u00a0at work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The companies\u2019 joint exploration of creative work found the creativity process requires diverse work modes as well as different types of technology. \u00a0People need to work alone, in pairs and in different size groups throughout a creative process, and they need a range of devices that are mobile and integrated into the physical workplace. Additionally, spaces should inspire people without compromising performance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9461\" src=\"https:\/\/steelcase-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_limit,dpr_auto,q_70,h_1024,w_1024\/v1488572677\/www.steelcase.com\/2017\/03\/03\/17-0078806.jpg\" alt=\"17-0078806\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pull-quote pull-quote-left \"><p>\u201cEvery Microsoft Surface device strives to enable the creator in each of us.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Ryan Gavin<span>General Manager, Microsoft Surface<\/span><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery Microsoft Surface device strives to enable the creator in each of us. \u00a0Devices like Surface Studio and Surface Hub are fundamentally designed around how people naturally create, connect and collaborate.\u201d says Ryan Gavin, general manager, Microsoft Surface. \u201cWith Steelcase, we have the compelling opportunity to blend place and technology into a seamless setting that allows our most important assets, people, unlock their creativity and share that with others. \u00a0This is the modern workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9460\" src=\"https:\/\/steelcase-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_limit,dpr_auto,q_70,h_1024,w_1024\/v1488572764\/www.steelcase.com\/2017\/03\/03\/17-0078793.jpg\" alt=\"17-0078793\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pull-quote pull-quote-left \"><p>\u201cCreative Spaces were clearly designed to bridge the current gap between place and technology and to help creative work happen more naturally.\u201d<\/p><cite>Bob O\u2019Donnell<span>President, Founder and Chief Analyst at TECHnalysis Research<\/span><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMost employees are still working with outdated technology and in places that are rooted in the past, which makes it difficult for them to work in new, creative ways,\u201d said Bob O\u2019Donnell, president, founder and chief analyst at TECHnalysis Research. \u00a0\u201cCreative Spaces were clearly designed to bridge the current gap between place and technology and to help creative work happen more naturally.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"print-only\" src=\"\" \/><div class=\"slick-slider light-slider not-initialized mosaic-slider\" data-type=\"module\"><\/div><!-- .panel-type-slider -->\n<p><em>Solutions specific to this region are coming soon. This gallery demonstrates solutions available in North America; some products may not be available in this region. Check back for future announcements<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As part of the ongoing relationship, Steelcase and Microsoft are also developing technology-enabled office solutions, based on IoT (Internet of Things) technology that provide data to help organizations measure and improve their workplaces, and help employees find the best places to do diverse types of work within the office.<br \/>\nAdditionally, select Steelcase dealers in the U.S. and Canada will resell the Microsoft Surface Hub\u2122 as a part of the Microsoft partner network. In late 2017, additional dealers in Europe will become licensed to resell the Surface Hub\u2122. As the spaces roll out in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific, the range of spaces will continue to be expanded and evolve.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are facing a time of unprecedented change at work. Through this partnership we will bring together space and technology to help workers and organizations solve the workplace challenges they face today and in the future and ultimately perform their best at work,\u201d explains Armbruster.<\/p>\n<p>Explore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/microsoft-steelcase\/creativity\/?utm_source=blog\">Creative Spaces<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/devices\/business\/steelcase\">Microsoft <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/microsoft-steelcase\/?utm_source=blog\">Steelcase<\/a> partnership.<\/p>\n<p><em>*Joint research by Microsoft and Steelcase released March 6, 2017 of 515 US and Canadian companies with 100+ employees.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steelcase and Microsoft introduce Creative Spaces &#8212; a range of places and technologies to enable the creative process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12274,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"topic":[3216],"class_list":["post-9452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","industry-workplace","topic-collaboration"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - 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