If greater propinquity drives greater interaction, it should generate greater collaboration and collective intelligence. Much like the swarm intelligence observed among cognitively simple agents such as social insects and other animals, collective intelligence for groups of humans requires interaction. Such interaction is a necessary foundation for collective intelligence-a form of distributed intelligence that arises from the social interaction of individuals and that predicts, more so than the intelligence of individual members, a group's general ability to perform a wide variety of tasks. When spatial boundaries-such as walls-are removed, individuals feel more physically proximate, which, such theory suggests, should lead to more interaction.
It has been observed in contexts as diverse as the US Congress, nineteenth-century boarding houses, college dormitories, laboratories, co-working spaces and corporate buildings. The notion that propinquity, or proximity, predicts social interaction -driving the formation of social ties and therefore information exchange and collaboration-is one of the most robust findings in sociology. On the one hand, sociological theory presents a strong argument that removing spatial boundaries to bring more people into contact should increase collaboration and collective intelligence. Prior theory is divided-and empirical evidence mixed-on the effect that removing spatial boundaries has on human behaviour in the space previously within those boundaries (e.g. In the most physically salient and concrete example, ‘spatial boundaries’ at work-such as office or cubicle walls-are being removed to create open ‘unbounded’ offices in order to stimulate greater collaboration and collective intelligence. Yet even as social scientists continue to study the value of a vast array of boundaries, in an era in which the nature of work is changing, managers and organizational scholars have increasingly framed boundaries as barriers to interaction that ought to be spanned, permeated or blurred to increase collaboration. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Interdisciplinary approaches for uncovering the impacts of architecture on collective behaviour’.īoundaries between ‘us’ and ‘them’ have long captured human interest. The results inform our understanding of the impact on human behaviour of workspaces that trend towards fewer spatial boundaries. This is the first study to empirically measure both face-to-face and electronic interaction before and after the adoption of open office architecture. In short, rather than prompting increasingly vibrant face-to-face collaboration, open architecture appeared to trigger a natural human response to socially withdraw from officemates and interact instead over email and IM. 70%) in both cases, with an associated increase in electronic interaction. Contrary to common belief, the volume of face-to-face interaction decreased significantly (approx. In two intervention-based field studies of corporate headquarters transitioning to more open office spaces, we empirically examined-using digital data from advanced wearable devices and from electronic communication servers-the effect of open office architectures on employees' face-to-face, email and instant messaging (IM) interaction patterns. All rights reserved.Organizations’ pursuit of increased workplace collaboration has led managers to transform traditional office spaces into ‘open’, transparency-enhancing architectures with fewer walls, doors and other spatial boundaries, yet there is scant direct empirical research on how human interaction patterns change as a result of these architectural changes. You can visit the website here for more information.Ĭopyright 2022 KMOV.
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Donations will also go towards future professional women with scholarships to private offices, shared workspace, and other membership levels.įive St. This allows for more women and girls to access the programming and professional facilities. Taubman, who is also on the board of directors for RISE Society said having a nonprofit entity at the helm will allow the organization to focus on impact, not profit.Ĭorporations and individuals can support RISE Society’s mission through tax-deductible donations. “With a shared goal of creating a pipeline of success for women and teen girls to rise and achieve their dreams, it’s a natural transition for RISE Society to take over operations of RISE Collaborative Workspace.” Stacy Taubman, founder of RISE Collaborative said. The takeover will help the nonprofit expand its impact through workspace and scholarships for women and teens. (KMOV) - RISE Collaborative Workspace for professional women will be taken over by RISE Society, Inc.
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