Innovation at Work

Over the past 40 years I ' ve worked in a variety of workplace settings, each appropriately serving its intended purpose. I did not appreciate how much a workspace influences my productivity and mood until I starting working at Mayo. My new role focuses on convening stakeholders and facilitating discussion.   A supportive workspace is transformational.In my mid-teens, I worked in shared office space at TRW (a predecessor company to Raytheon) with large metal desks, filing cabinets and fluorescent tube lightingIn my late teens, I founded a company in a basement and worked at a drafting table next to a bedIn my 20 ' s, while running the growing company and completing my medical education, I worked in a glass walled private office so I could watch the flow of daily activity. In my 30 ' s, 40 ' s, and 50 ' s as a CIO, clinician and professor,  I worked in a cube but spent much of my time with customers in other people ' s offices.For the past 2 years, I ' ve worked in an open space ad hoc desk/meeting room arrangement that was efficient, attractive, and highly functional. Now, as I approach 60 at Mayo Clinic, I work in the most innovative and collaborative space of my career, the recently remodeled Mayo 11 administrative floor. No one on the Mayo senior team has an office - not the CEO, COO, CFO nor Presidents. Everyone uses open plan hoteling desks. The desks are surrounded by huddle rooms and meeting spaces that can be reserved via touch screen or ...
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