leap final presentation
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Engagement in the Workplace
Alfred Schofield, Hugo Oftedal,Rishita Shah & Arabella Purwada
Engagement and Acknowledgement
Young professionals in the workplace
Engaging knowledge workers in the workplace
Evolution of Problem Statement
Previous Experiment
Classroom Scramble
Students at the back shifted towards the front, affected their engagement
Interaction undoubtedly went up, Professor Nathan Karst helped to confirm this analysis
Lessons learned:
Location and the task at hand impacts the ability to engage
New Classroom Arrangement
Interview and Analysis
We spoke to knowledge workers who experienced a
change in environment due to relocation:
Laurie Krigman - Finance Faculty
Matt Allen - Entrepreneurship Faculty
Caroline Daniels - Entrepreneurship Faculty
Ken Mattson - Career Development
Amy Blitz - Economics and Management Faculty
Small sample size and age group of the knowledge workers gave us only a gist of what impact relocation had on their engagement.
There were mixed responses to the relocation.
Relatively new professionals felt more accepted after the relocation.
People who have been working for a while thought that relocation either didn’t affect or negatively affected their engagement.
Higher engagement not necessarily meant higher productivity.
Emphasis on an open and well lit workspace
Relocation had more impact when workplace was drastically different, minor change didn’t impact much.(Eg: Building change, new location.)
Interview Analysis
Observation
Current Experiment Hollow Square
Proposed Solution
Redesign the workplace, emphasis on lighting and central placement of the boss
Would simplify engagement for knowledge workers, especially our target persona
Addressing several pain points discovered over the course of this project
Customization in regards to color, background noise and other activities
Future Considerations
How can it be implemented in an office setting?
How would people react in a working setting?
Try in different settings, possibly better viewed
People might enjoy customization of workplace more than engaging with workers, put emphasis on this aspect when observing future experiments
Increase point of view from outside of the LEAP team, receive observations from other participants