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