Fresh Ideas at Work » Refresh Your Space

A Timbered Timbre

freshideasatwork — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:48:44 +0000

The forest in this video a verdant example of how the Fresh Ideas strategy ‘Refresh Your Space’ can shift you into a different kind of mindset.

Watch, listen and experience this ‘Unusual Combination’ of a wooden ball + a giant xylophone + said forest + Bach:

And then maybe think about ways you could
work at a different scale,
with a different source of momentum
or in a different setting.

D’Espresso with a Twist

freshideasatwork — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:48:55 +0000

When the D’Espresso coffee bar opened just a block away from the NYC’s Lower East Side library, patrons were treated to a great example of the Fresh Ideas strategy ‘Stretch the Rules‘ (bookshelves on the floor?) Or is it ‘Refresh Your Space‘? You decide.)

The Portable Executive

freshideasatwork — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:22:40 +0000

Omar Hamoui, founder and CEO of the mobile advertising network AdMob, described why he uses the Fresh Ideas strategy ’Refresh Your Space’ in a recent New York Times interview.

When asked,

“Your company is growing quickly. How do you stay in touch with what people are thinking and saying?”

Mr Hamoui replied,

“I don’t have an office. We have an open office here. I also move my desk around. About every six weeks or so I just move to another part of the company that I feel I haven’t heard a lot about lately or don’t know the people that well in, and I just sort of sit there.

My whole desk construct is nomadic. I just pick up my computer and sit somewhere else. If people see you just sitting there and you’re not doing anything, they walk up to you and talk to you. It’s pretty effective in terms of hearing how things are going and how people are feeling about the company or how people are feeling about you.”

Where else could you work today?

More Creative Spaces

freshideasatwork — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:19:02 +0000

Fast Company posted an interesting slide-show highlighting “10 Workspaces That Inspire Creativity.” These spaces are from Live+Work by Shubin and Donaldson. See how they adapt different elements (such as: constraints, texture, private/personal overlaps, unique uses of everyday items, comfort, and eccentricity) to create settings that inspire creativity.

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