S2E28 Robbie Robertson - What is the perfect office layout?

In today's episode of the Idea to Value podcast, I speak with Robbie Robertson, a spacial experience design expert, and Partner at Deloitte, about how office layout affects the work that people are able to do.

To see the full article on how to design an office so that staff can be both innovative and productive, with insights based on scientific research, go to https://www.ideatovalue.com/inno/nickskillicorn/2019/02/the-perfect-office-layout-for-innovation-and-productivity/ 

Main points covered during our conversation:

[01:15] How he started asking himself about what spaces and experiences looked like if you were to stand in a customer’s shoes [02:30] The scale of design capabilities at Deloitte [05:00] What impact the spaces we work in have on the people who work there [06:15] Technology now means we are no longer locked to our desks, or to our teams [08:00] How the flexibility of modern ways of working needs to be translated into flexible working environments which can change as required [09:15] How conflicting requirements between neighbouring teams can cause distractions and lower performance [10:30] Is there a perfect office layout? [11:30] Building spacial strategies, taking in cultural requirements [12:30] How technology of the future may change the very jobs which people perform, and therefore how they fit into the physical environment [14:30] How the companies in Silicon Valley used their corporate purpose to create the culture, which then translated into the office spaces [15:45] How open plan offices leads to lower productivity There is no single perfect office design.

Links discussed during the interview with Robbie Robertson:

Robbie’s Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertsonrobbie/  The white paper on the Future of Workplace: https://s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/fowknowledgecenter/The+Future+of+Workplace+%E2%80%93+Deloitte+Report+2018.pdf 

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