How to create a next generation office that inspires innovation?

Your work space is influencing the creative potential of your team or organisation. Scientific research has proven this. If you want your team to be creative, then create an environment that reflects this.

The design of the space you work in is of course only one of the ways to support innovation, but it is one we should definitely not push aside. Next generation offices are designed to inspire and facilitate innovation within companies. They are places where people — from inside and outside the organisation — come together to come up with new solutions. Places where cooperation, knowledge sharing, learning together and the building of social networks are the focus with the ultimate goal to solve complex and big issues. Next to that they are an essential part of the development of a culture in which creativity and entrepreneurship take a central role.

The design of space can be what makes that new and desired culture visible. Office designers evolve from the real estate business to a business in cultural change and communication.

If you want your team to be innovative, create an environment that reflects that value.

Communication is essential in innovation.