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Workspace Design that Fosters Innovation
The simple problems, solvable by a few, have been solved. Today’s problems require teams of people to address them. Effectively creating new ideas to solve the current and future issues yields innovation!
People create these ideas by working in collaboration. This happens best when people run into each other and spark brilliant conversations, resulting in innovative solutions. BUT — do our workspaces foster or stifle the collaboration and innovation that we seek?
The Toyota North American Headquarters (TMNA) is now in North Texas, along with sibling organizations such as Toyota Connected (TC) — our host for this evening. We will first tour the space at Toyota Connected and then take a virtual tour of the TMNA space to experience the two design approaches.
We’ll give a brief overview of workspace design principles and discuss the designs of the TMNA and TC workspaces. We hope this will provide rich insights on how you might enhance your workspaces to foster conversations and collaboration.
Please join us on September 13 for this interesting tour and discussion!
(And remember this is a different location than usual!)
Speakers: William (Red) Davidson and Dave Reazin [See full BIOs below.]
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Schedule for Thursday Evening:
– 6:30 Intros / Networking / Food
– 7:15 Announcements / Program
– 8:45 Closing and evaluation
Meeting Location: Toyota Connected in Plano (New)
7300 Windrose Ave. Plano, TX 75024 (Nav + see directions below)
>> Click for visual map (Lat/Long: 33.079070,-96.826153 )
Detailed Directions:
FROM THE North or South on the Dallas North Tollway:
Take the Legacy exit. Turn west towards the Legacy West complex
Take the first right onto Windrose Ave
Take the first right to enter the parking structure
Continue below…
FROM THE West on the Sam Rayburn Tollway (121):
Take the Legacy exit and turn right,
Proceed 0.9 miles to Communications Parkway, then turn left
Take the first right onto Worth Street, proceed 0.1 miles to parking structure
Continue:
Go up to the second level of the parking garage
Toyota Connected’s main entrance is located opposite parking space #113
Park in any allowable space (beware of spaces reserved for valet)
IF YOU GET LOST: Call Red at 214-232-2778
Parking is free (see above)
Cost: No charge for members ($60/year). $10 for guests.
Speaker BIOs:
William Davidson, known to many as Red, is an Agile Coach consulting at Toyota in Plano, Texas. He’s been writing software for money since 1983 (whoa, that’s a long time). He’s held many positions (Development Manager, Project/Program Manager, PMO Lead and Scrum Master), receiving awards (Business Development Quality Award for Excellence), written papers & articles, and presented at more than 60 conferences and user group meetings. As an Agile Coach, Red helps teams (and their organizations) achieve the benefits of Agile software development.
Dave Reazin an Environmental Scientist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6. He works in the State Revolving Fund program grants to the states for wastewater infrastructure projects. He also conducts flood resilience training to water and wastewater utilities and works with FEMA and communities to address water quality and quantity concerns through their Hazard Mitigation Plan.
We look forward to seeing you there!