ENGAGINGWORKING

ENVIRONMENTSKIRSTI LONKA,

KAI HAKKARAINEN, LEENA KROKFORS AND KATARIINA SALMELA-ARO,

NICLAS SANDSTRÖM AND LAURI VAARA, OLLI VESTERINEN,

FACULTY OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES,

UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI

JARMO SUOMINEN AND SUVI NENONEN

AALTO UNIVERSITY

ARE WE HAPPY?

• . • Adapt to change

• Engage the participants

• Cross boundaries

• Create new tools

• Foster collaboration

• Promote well-being, productivity

and learning

• Enable transgenerational and

inter-disciplinary learning

Unleash the beast of co-creation!

FLIPYOUR WORKPLACE!

Faculty of Behavioural Sciences / KM Lauri Vaara, 2014Kuvat: Mikko Halonen/Veikko SomerpuroKuva: smartpaint.fi

ELE 2012

• Intelligent physical, virtual, social and mental

spaces for co-creating value, fostering well-

being and refining blended knowledge practices

in the workplace

•Transgenerational and cross-disciplinary interaction

• Job crafting and empowerment of employees

WHAT IS EWE? #EWEHUBSENGAGINGWORKINGENVIRONMENT

• Intellectual activity is sharedbetween people and their tools

• We want to help people to overcome the limits of theirworking memory

• Joint practices wheregenerations collaborate

MIND THE GAP!

GENERATION CLASH?

Baby Boomers

Generation X

Generation Y

Digital natives (Z)

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TRANSGENERATIONALINTERACTIONS

New socio-digital knowledgepractices.

Learning from each other!

CHALLENGE

Shared workplace culture?

Emotional challenges?

How to promote creativeinteractions and individual

well-being?

30.1.2015 Prof. Kirsti Lonka KehPsy 2. luento 9

AGILE SOLUTIONSFOR SCHOOLS, OFFICES, BUSINESSES

Lounge for informal interaction

Neighborhoods with specific themes and identities

Shared kitchen and

lounge

FabLab, makers

world

Open shared space for value co-creation

Most personal

Most general

Most personal

Twitter @kirstilonka

blogs.helsinki.fi/mindthegap

facebook.com/mindthegaptutkimus

www.wiredminds.fi

facebook.com/wiredmindshub

twitter.com/wiredmindshub

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