{"id":491943,"date":"2020-01-14T16:25:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T21:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/?p=491943"},"modified":"2023-01-14T00:54:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T05:54:36","slug":"going-beyond-average-inclusive-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/research\/articles\/topics\/design\/going-beyond-average-inclusive-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Beyond Average With Inclusive Design"},"content":{"rendered":"

Designing workplaces for \u201cthe average person\u201d used to be philosophy aimed at satisfying most of the people, most of the time. But that also excluded a lot of people who didn\u2019t fit the average.\u00a0People at work expect \u2014 and deserve \u2014 diverse options that allow them to have the same opportunities as everyone else. The emerging field of inclusive design offers strategies for everyone at work to achieve their potential.<\/p>\n

Autism at Work<\/h3>\n

A growing number of prominent companies \u2014 SAP, Hewlett Packard Enterprises, Microsoft, Ford, Deloitte and Caterpillar, to name just a few \u2014 have programs or pilots underway to hire and accommodate people with autism. These companies recognize that people on the autism\u00a0spectrum often have special skills and perspectives that represent untapped possibilities for both organizations and people on the spectrum.<\/p>\n

\"Trends
The European Union estimates a shortage of 800,000 IT workers by 2020, specifically in fields including data analytics and IT services implementation \u2014 jobs with tasks that fit well with the unique abilities of some neurodiverse people, which includes those with autism, dyspraxia, dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\n
\"\"
German software company SAP has announced an intention to make 1% of its workforce neurodiverse by 2020 \u2014 a number representative of the approximate percentage of people with autism globally.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"
Within six months, workers with autism in the JPMorgan Mortgage Banking Technology division were doing the equivalent work of people with three years\u2019 experience\u2014and were even 50 percent more productive.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\"Trends
32% of 2,000 United Kingdom workers surveyed said their employer did not offer any additional support for those in the workforce with neurodevelopmental disorders.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Employing people with autism calls for some often-minor adjustments to the work environment. And yet, many companies don\u2019t recognize the need or what steps to take.<\/p>\n

The Autism ASPECTSS\u2122 Design Index is the world\u2019s first evidence-based set of autism-specific design guidelines. Among its suggestions for creating autism-friendly spaces are noise reduction, clearly defined zones, logical spatial sequencing and wayfinding, and customizable spaces for respite.<\/p>\n

\"Trends<\/p>\n

Finding Community in Coworking<\/h3>\n

The number of coworking spaces worldwide is projected to reach 25,968 by 2022, an increase of 42%, according to the Coworking Resources Global Coworking Growth Study 2019. The coworking business model is about office space as a service, but the appeal is also about social interactions, especially for mobile workers and people who are part of today\u2019s growing gig economy.<\/p>\n

While many coworking facilities are designed to be one-size-fits-all, a growing number now cater to specific groups who are looking for a close-knit work culture and who have needs that typical spaces don\u2019t address.<\/p>\n

\n
\"Trends
25K\u00a0 \u2014 number of coworking spaces worldwide projected to reach by 2022.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Trends
42% increase, according to the Coworking Resources Global Coworking Growth Study 2019.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThe coworking spaces I visited felt overly masculine and didn\u2019t exactly provide the tools and connections that I, as a woman, needed to be a successful entrepreneur.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Women-only coworking clubs are popping up in cities throughout the world. \u201cThe coworking spaces I visited felt overly masculine and didn\u2019t exactly provide the tools and connections that I, as a woman, needed to be a successful entrepreneur,\u201d says the founder of one in Denver.<\/p>\n

Six U.S. cities now offer coworking spaces just for seniors, a generation that\u2019s living and working longer than ever. Here it\u2019s all about feeling at ease, learning and being productive. \u201cIt\u2019s a subtle thing, but when you\u2019re 75 years old and you walk into a space, it should feel comfortable there,\u201d says one New York City member.<\/p>\n

\n
\"Trends
Trehaus, the brainchild of four working mothers, is the first in Singapore to offer childminding facilities within a coworking environment. In addition to hot desking and dedicated workstations for working parents, Trehaus offers children the chance to explore various activities in a play space. Kids aged 2-3 years can join Trehaus Playschool, which runs a range of learning activities in English and Mandarin.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Trends
In London, Arebyte provides coworking space for artists and creatives, with a range of studios to appeal to animators, fashion designers, DJs, musicians, digital media artists, fine artists and more.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Jewish coworking spaces are newsmakers in several U.S. cities as well as Melbourne, Australia. \u201cJust being Jewish and working with other Jewish people, there\u2019s a sense of community and connection,\u201d says the member of one in Chicago. \u201cIt\u2019s more kibbutzy,\u201d is how its founder describes the relationship.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust being Jewish and working with other Jewish people, there\u2019s a sense of community and connection.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Trends<\/p>\n

Waking Up to the Need for Rest<\/h3>\n

While some people still have a traditional 9-5 work schedule and get a solid eight hours of sleep at night, the rise of a less predictable and more blended work\/life schedule has led people to look for moments of rest outside the conventional time and place. Studies also show that a brief nap helps our brains think more clearly. Some offices have started incorporating places for rest and rejuvenation, but some people hesitate to use them, fearing perceptions of slacking. Recognizing the need, new urban enterprises offer experiences that make it as easy to go out for a nap as it is to go out for lunch.<\/p>\n

\n
\"Trends
In London, Pop & Rest (P&R) is a startup that provides private and peaceful spaces to recharge. While there, you can take a power nap, do breathing and meditation exercises, have a therapy session, work peacefully on a comfy mattress, or just relax.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Trends
Nestle Japan has opened a nap cafe in Tokyo where customers can have a cup of coffee and doze for 30 minutes, then wake up feeling refreshed as the caffeine kicks in.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

Sources<\/strong>
\n(1) Autism Works: A Guide to Successful Employment Across the Entire Spectrum,\u201d Adam Feinstein (2) Harvard Business Review (3) jpmorganchase.com (4) Employee Health, and Benefits Barometer 2019 (5) An Architecture for Autism, Magda Mostafa, Ph.D. (6) Westward Newsletter (7) http:\/\/trehauscowork.com (8) The Jewish Forward, South Florida Sun Sentinel (9) Coworking Resources (10) Fast Company (11) The New York Times (12) http:\/\/popnrest.com (13) Nikkei Asian Review<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Designing workplaces for \u201cthe average person\u201d used to be philosophy aimed at satisfying most of the people, most of the time. But that also excluded a lot of people who didn\u2019t fit the average.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":493197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"topic":[47680,47677],"class_list":["post-491943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","industry-workplace","topic-design","topic-wellbeing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGoing Beyond Average With Inclusive Design - Steelcase<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/research\/articles\/topics\/design\/going-beyond-average-inclusive-design\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Going Beyond Average With Inclusive Design - Steelcase\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Designing workplaces for \u201cthe average person\u201d used to be philosophy aimed at satisfying most of the people, most of the time. But that also excluded a lot of people who didn\u2019t fit the average.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/research\/articles\/topics\/design\/going-beyond-average-inclusive-design\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Steelcase\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-14T21:25:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-14T05:54:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/images.steelcase.com\/image\/upload\/c_fill,dpr_auto,q_70,h_600,w_1200\/v1579013828\/www.steelcase.com\/2020\/01\/14\/20-0133730.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Areli Arellano\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Areli Arellano\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Going Beyond Average With Inclusive Design - Steelcase","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/research\/articles\/topics\/design\/going-beyond-average-inclusive-design\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Going Beyond Average With Inclusive Design - Steelcase","og_description":"Designing workplaces for \u201cthe average person\u201d used to be philosophy aimed at satisfying most of the people, most of the time. But that also excluded a lot of people who didn\u2019t fit the average.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/research\/articles\/topics\/design\/going-beyond-average-inclusive-design\/","og_site_name":"Steelcase","article_published_time":"2020-01-14T21:25:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-01-14T05:54:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/images.steelcase.com\/image\/upload\/c_fill,dpr_auto,q_70,h_600,w_1200\/v1579013828\/www.steelcase.com\/2020\/01\/14\/20-0133730.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Areli Arellano","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Areli Arellano","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/research\/articles\/topics\/design\/going-beyond-average-inclusive-design\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/research\/articles\/topics\/design\/going-beyond-average-inclusive-design\/"},"author":{"name":"Areli Arellano","@id":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2f8efe95c5ad8253b4a674dbcfefe5cd"},"headline":"Going Beyond Average With Inclusive Design","datePublished":"2020-01-14T21:25:21+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-14T05:54:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/research\/articles\/topics\/design\/going-beyond-average-inclusive-design\/"},"wordCount":1068,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/research\/articles\/topics\/design\/going-beyond-average-inclusive-design\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/images.steelcase.com\/image\/upload\/v1579013828\/www.steelcase.com\/2020\/01\/14\/20-0133730.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/research\/articles\/topics\/design\/going-beyond-average-inclusive-design\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/research\/articles\/topics\/design\/going-beyond-average-inclusive-design\/","url":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/research\/articles\/topics\/design\/going-beyond-average-inclusive-design\/","name":"Going Beyond Average With Inclusive Design - Steelcase","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/research\/articles\/topics\/design\/going-beyond-average-inclusive-design\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/research\/articles\/topics\/design\/going-beyond-average-inclusive-design\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/images.steelcase.com\/image\/upload\/v1579013828\/www.steelcase.com\/2020\/01\/14\/20-0133730.jpg","datePublished":"2020-01-14T21:25:21+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-14T05:54:36+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/research\/articles\/topics\/design\/going-beyond-average-inclusive-design\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/research\/articles\/topics\/design\/going-beyond-average-inclusive-design\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/research\/articles\/topics\/design\/going-beyond-average-inclusive-design\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/images.steelcase.com\/image\/upload\/v1579013828\/www.steelcase.com\/2020\/01\/14\/20-0133730.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/images.steelcase.com\/image\/upload\/v1579013828\/www.steelcase.com\/2020\/01\/14\/20-0133730.jpg","width":2305,"height":1297,"caption":"360 Magazine Going Beyond Average With Inclusive Design"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/research\/articles\/topics\/design\/going-beyond-average-inclusive-design\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Going Beyond Average With Inclusive Design"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/","name":"Steelcase","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/#organization","name":"Steelcase","url":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/images.steelcase.com\/image\/upload\/v1531399627\/sc_core_424_sm-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/images.steelcase.com\/image\/upload\/v1531399627\/sc_core_424_sm-1.jpg","width":331,"height":87,"caption":"Steelcase"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2f8efe95c5ad8253b4a674dbcfefe5cd","name":"Areli Arellano","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41fbafa4ace615b5ed6c37a375d49eca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41fbafa4ace615b5ed6c37a375d49eca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Areli Arellano"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.steelcase.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/research\/articles\/author\/aarellan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/restapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491943"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/restapi\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/restapi\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/restapi\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/restapi\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491943"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/restapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":801841,"href":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/restapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491943\/revisions\/801841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/restapi\/wp\/v2\/media\/493197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/restapi\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/restapi\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=491943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}