The Open Plan Change Support Project began July 1, 2017 to support occupants moving into the Wayne and Gladys Valley Center for Vision and rhe Clinical Sciences Building. The efforts rolled out for these two buildings will also influence future moves.

Links to Building websites & FAQ

• Wayne and Gladys Valley Center for Vision
• Clinical Sciences Building
• Open Plan
• Research and Academic Building (RAB) at ZSFG (MyAccess login required)

Past Events: February 2018

Two identical town halls occurred in February 2018. Both sessions were recorded and links are below. Download the presentation.

• Thursday February 1 - Parnassus - See recording
• Tuesdsay February 6 - Mission Bay - See recording.

 

Note that Open Plan design as implemented at UCSF includes private offices, work stations, focus rooms, huddle rooms, break rooms and various sized conference rooms. This allows occupants to move about the space as needed, depending on the type of work they are performing that day.

A Change Agent town hall was held in January 2017. Download the deck here.

 

Articles of Interest

Bloomberg (5/1/18): Everyone Hate the Open Plan Office: It Doesn't Have to be that Way

Fentress (4/20/17): Create an Open Office Plan that Works for Everyone

Forbes (12/31/17): Is This the Future of Open Office Space?

Fortune (5/12/16): The Open Office Concept is Dead

HBR (10/2014): Balancing ‘We’ and ‘Me’: The best collaborative spaces also support solitude

HBR (10/11/18): Staying Focused in a Noisy Open Office

Knoll Workplace Research (2017): Unassigned Workspace Etiquette: Introducing Policies, Protocol and Politeness

The New Yorker (1/7/14): The Open-Office Trap

The New York Times (8/21/18): Simple Desk Improvements That Make an Open Office Easier to Bear

Quartz at Work (7/1/18): Open-Plan offices have a surprising effect on workplace communication

Rescue Time Blog (10/11/18): Simple changes to make your open plan office less distracting

The Royal Society (7/2/18): The impact of the 'open' workspace on human collaboration Abstract

Steelcase (4/2/19): New Work, New Rules

Thom Baguley (2009): The Case for New Academic Workspaces

Tradeline (3/16/16): Developing a Five-Year Strategic Plan for Accelerated Growth - Purdue Rapidly Expands College of Engineering to meet National Goals

Tradeline (2/7/18): Changing the Way Carnegie Mellon Approaches Change Management

Tradeline (7/11/18): Academic Medicine Adopts the "Workplace of the Future"

UCSF Academic Senate (5/8/13): Faculty Concerns about Activity Based Workplace at Mission Hall

Work Design Magazine (9/28/17): Moving Beyond Open Plan Spaces

WSJ (5/9/17): Why You Can't Concentrate at Work

WSJ (5/1/18): How Neuroscience is Optimizing the Office

Telecommuting

UCSF Article on Telecommuting https://campuslifeservices.ucsf.edu/cls/113/telecommuting_at_ucsf_increased_in_2018_and_more_will_be_needed_in_coming_y

Telecommuting Tips https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/productivity-tips-working-from-home

Telecommuting: how it works https://www.thebalancecareers.com/the-pros-and-cons-of-telecommuting-what-works-for-you-2071999